Aging Families and Breast Cancer: Multigenerational Issues
Abstract
This exploratory investigation has four technical objectives to: (1) explore how daughters' caregiving experiences contribute to their perception of cancer risk; (2) examine how perception of cancer risk affects careprovision (3) investigate how knowledge of risk affects distress and burden experienced in caregiving; and, (4) assemble information for risk profile of daughters needing educational intervention or professional assistance. Qualitative data gathering and analytic techniques used to obtain detailed information about the cancer experience and support provision by adult daughters of breast cancer patients. Sample consisted of older women diagnosed with breast cancer and their adult caregiving daughter. Data collected from 61 daughter-patient dyads. Daughters' narrative accounts affirmed that careprovision provided them with intimate knowledge of the patient's cancer experience that impacted their understanding of the disease and their perception of cancer risk. Daughters needed to simultaneously be supportive of their ill mothers while processing knowledge of personal risk. The daughters' accounts documented the emotional crisis that their situation engendered confronting personal life and death concerns that mirrored their concerns for their mothers.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2004
- Accession Number
- ADA425850
Entities
People
- Victoria H. Raveis
Organizations
- Columbia University