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How parents of dependent children reason about their partner’s impending death due to cancer

Maja Holma Department of Nursing Sciences, Sophiahemmet University, Stockholm, Sweden;b Department of Caring Sciences, Palliative Research Centre, Ersta Sköndal Bräcke University College, Stockholm, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Megan Weber Falkb Department of Caring Sciences, Palliative Research Centre, Ersta Sköndal Bräcke University College, Stockholm, SwedenORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2786-1997View further author information
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Anette Alvarizab Department of Caring Sciences, Palliative Research Centre, Ersta Sköndal Bräcke University College, Stockholm, Sweden;c Capio Palliative Care, Dalen Hospital, Stockholm, SwedenORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2711-0245View further author information
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Josefin Sveenb Department of Caring Sciences, Palliative Research Centre, Ersta Sköndal Bräcke University College, Stockholm, Sweden;d Department of Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SwedenORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5523-8126View further author information
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Ulrika Kreicbergsb Department of Caring Sciences, Palliative Research Centre, Ersta Sköndal Bräcke University College, Stockholm, Sweden;e Department of Women and Child’s Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, SwedenORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8185-781XView further author information
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Pages 105-110 | Published online: 17 Nov 2021
 
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Abstract

This paper explores how bereaved parents with dependent children reasoned about their partner’s impending death due to cancer. Questionnaires were used to collect data from 42 cancer-bereaved parents of dependent children in Sweden. The results showed that most of the parents had thought, at least once, that death would be best for their partner’s own sake. A few parents had also thought that it would be best for everyone if their partner died. Many parents had a wish to keep up hope, no matter what. However, living with a partner with advanced illness and dependent children was described as extremely stressful.

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Funding

The present research was financially supported by Kamprad family foundation.

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