• Journal of Home Health Care Nursing
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.109-120
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• 2001

This study has been done in order to help the people understand the cancer patients and provide the basic materials for the care of cancer patients by deeply understanding the living experience of the practice of alternative therapy for cancer patients. Data were collected with several in depth interviews and observations. Collected datas were analyzed by using phenomenological method of study by Giorgi (1970). The trial experience of alternative therapy for cancer patients has been classified into the one of having concerns, following, being infatuated, and coming out by pushing, and the experience of having concerns appeared as the meaning of the limit of modern medicine, despair, loneliness. hope, emotional support. dissolution of the feeling of uneasiness. the feeling of burden of the medical expense, self-treating, the subject of treatment. and indifference while the experience of following appeared as the meaning of blind following, temptation, going outside to look for something, wandering. following unconditionally, advise of the professionals, mistaken belief. self-abandonment, powerlessness. disconnection of dialogue with the medical staff. elevation of immunity, strengthening the physical power, absence of the source of examined information, clinging, self-responsibility. the experience of being infatuated appeared as the meaning of thorough trial. affirmative experience. devotion. diverse efforts, faithful trial. affirmative self-suggestion. change of the style of life. the feeling of burden of expense, being envious, bitter feeling toward the family, considering family, family discords, and difficulty of enforcement. The experience of coming out by pushing appeared as the meaning of waiting. self-reflection. maintaining the distance. cutting attachment, throwing the greed away, coming out by pushing. being thoughtful. accepting disease. individual difference of physical quality, and ambivalence. But they return to the experience of being concerned all over again in case of recurrence or metastasis of the disease even though they come out of such stage, and they always have ambivalence even in the condition with no recurrence and metastasis. In conclusion, the trial of alternative therapy for cancer patients could be explained as the adaptive behavior to the disease which is difficult to be cured. the cancer. The cancer patients are exposed to the side effects and harm without the examined information resources. Therefore the nurse should well aware of the alternative therapy and be able to do the appropriative management through the open communication with the patients who are under the trial of alternative therapy.

• Industry Promotion Research
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.269-276
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• 2024

This study aims to identify healthy family functions that can help university students, who are in the transitional phase from late adolescence to adulthood, establish self-differentiation, which is a critical developmental task for them. The research examines whether family function mediates the relationship between family function and self-differentiation, and aims to provide foundational data for the development of programs to support stable self-differentiation in university students and policies to enhance family function. To achieve this, a self-report online survey was conducted with 204 university students enrolled in a university located in Northern Gyeonggi Province. The SPSS 25.0 program was used for data analysis, including calculating internal consistency, conducting frequency analysis to understand the general characteristics of the study subjects, descriptive statistics to determine the level of research variables, independent sample t-tests, ANOVA, and post-hoc tests to identify differences in research variables according to the characteristics of the study subjects, and using the SPSS Process Macro to test mediation effects. The results showed a significant positive correlation between family function and self-differentiation, indicating that family function significantly influences the establishment of self-differentiation. These findings suggest that family function plays a crucial role in the development of self-differentiation and provide foundational data for practical support in education aimed at fostering healthy families.