Children's Cancer Camps

2015 ◽  
Vol 70 (4) ◽  
pp. 436-453 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine M. Laing ◽  
Nancy J. Moules
Keyword(s):  
Childhood Cancer ◽  
Cancer Diagnosis ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Children And Families ◽  
Doctoral Research ◽  
Philosophical Hermeneutic ◽  
The Family ◽  
The World ◽  
The Many

A philosophical hermeneutic study was conducted as part of the first author's doctoral research to understand the meaning of children's cancer camps for the child with cancer and the family. Twenty family members from six families were interviewed in order to bring understanding to this topic. This article will detail the finding related to the experience of grief that often accompanies a cancer diagnosis, and how camp seems to allow children and families to understand their grief differently. The interesting thing about this particular cancer camp is that families of children who have died continue to attend the camp yearly, and there are events to memorialize the many children known to all the campers who no longer attend camp. This is not a grief camp but a cancer camp where grief is allowed presence as it necessarily has to in the world of childhood cancer.

scholarly journals Juxtaposing adherence to COVID-19 regulations and practising proper burial rites: a case study of Zulu Traditional Religion

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evangeline Bonisiwe Zungu
Keyword(s):  
Family Members ◽  
Traditional Religion ◽  
High Likelihood ◽  
The Family ◽  
The World ◽  
Living Dead ◽  
Traditional Societies ◽  
Burial Rites ◽  
Inductive Thematic Analysis

The recent COVID-19 pandemic took the world by storm. The rate of infection and prevalence of death struck fear in the hearts of many across the globe. The high likelihood of infection required continual testing whilst the trauma of bereavement left many distraught. For traditionalists, a principal concern was whether they would be permitted to exhaustively practise their burial rites in the course of mourning their loved ones. The importance of the custom, as it is believed, is to prevent unsettled feelings in family members. This article is aimed at stimulating consideration, reflection and understanding of the concerns experienced by traditional societies surrounding COVID-19 regulations and the non-performance of important burial rites. Surviving family members experience troubled thoughts as a result of the fear of repercussions, which may include the living-dead withholding their protection of the family which consequently will cause ailments and accidents. This article will utilise inductive thematic analysis to interpret the data collected .

scholarly journals Renouncing the World and Taking Ordination

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2021/1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Krisztina Teleki
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Dominant Role ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Family Ties ◽  
The Family ◽  
The World ◽  
Monastic Life ◽  
History Of ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Written Sources

The 20th century brought different periods in the history of Mongolia including theocracy, socialism and democracy. This article describes what renouncing the world (especially the home and the family), taking ordination, and taking monastic vows meant at the turn of the 20th century and a century later. Extracts from interviews reveal the life of pre-novices, illustrating their family backgrounds, connections with family members after ordination, and support from and towards the family. The master-disciple relationship which was of great significance in Vajrayāna tradition, is also described. As few written sources are available to study monks’ family ties, the research was based on interviews recorded with old monks who lived in monasteries in their childhood (prior to 1937), monks who were ordained in 1990, and pre-novices of the current Tantric monastic school of Gandantegčenlin Monastery. The interviews revealed similarities and differences in monastic life in given periods due to historical reasons. Though Buddhism could not attain its previous, absolutely dominant role in Mongolia after the democratic changes, nowadays tradition and innovation exist in parallel.

The Arab Family Strength in Qatar, Jordan and Tunisia

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdallah Badahdah ◽  
◽  
Azza Abdelmoneium ◽  
John DeFrain ◽  
Sylvia Asay ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Preliminary Report ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Community Research ◽  
Family Strengths ◽  
Research Teams ◽  
Family Strength ◽  
The Family ◽  
The World ◽  
Research Findings

All the problems in the world either begin in families or end up in families. Sometimes families create their own problems, and at other times, families are forced to deal with problems that the world has thrust upon them. For this reason, it is imperative that all societies seek to understand families in all their considerable diversity; to protect families; and to help strengthen families through intervention on the level of the family, the immediate community, the nation, and the international community. Research teams were assembled and conducted focus group studies of family members in Qatar, Jordan, and Tunisia. The purpose of this preliminary report is to discuss the qualitative research findings from focus groups with Arab family members in all three countries, revealing their perceptions of Arab family strengths and challenges, and how they see that families under stress can be better supported by society

The social experience of cancer

2007 ◽  
pp. 99-114
Keyword(s):  
Personal Identity ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Social Experience ◽  
Children And Families ◽  
Family Experience ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family

The family experience of cancer 100 Children and families 102 Employment and finances 104 Culture and the meaning of cancer 106 Gender, age, and cancer 108 Ethnicity and cancer 110 Threats to personal identity 112 Most people experience cancer within the context of their family. What constitutes a family varies considerably, but it generally means a household, or those people one is closest to, whether they are related by blood or not. Family members as ‘carers’ have a significant role in providing physical and emotional care during the cancer journey. The experience of cancer is shared within the family in a number of ways....

Palliative care of cancer survivors

2015 ◽  
pp. 661-670
Author(s):  
Mary S. McCabe ◽  
Stacie Corcoran
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Palliative Care ◽  
Cancer Survivors ◽  
Childhood Cancer ◽  
Cancer Diagnosis ◽  
Childhood Cancer Survivors ◽  
The Family ◽  
Heavy Burden ◽  
Optimal Quality

Being told you are cancer-free does not mean you are free of the consequences of the disease. Seventy-six percent of cancer survivors are over age 60 years and have coexisting medical conditions that complicate posttreatment recovery to maximum health. Childhood cancer survivors also carry a heavy burden of medical and psychological problems resulting from their experience with cancer. Cancer diagnosis and treatment affects the family as well as the patient. Improvements are needed in the coordination of care for cancer survivors to assure optimal quality of life.

Prevention in High Risk Children of Depressed Parents

1986 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Laroche
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Adult Patient ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Clinical Findings ◽  
Therapeutic Interventions ◽  
Children And Families ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Depressed Parents ◽  
High Risk Children

Opportunities for prevention of psychopathology in children and families are often overlooked in the treatment of the depressed adult patient. Research and clinical findings are reviewed which highlight the impact on children and the family of depressed parents. They range from illness serious enough to require hospitalization to cases in which depression has not yet been diagnosed. These findings are used as guidelines for the development of preventive and therapeutic interventions for all family members.

A paranoid migrant family – folie à famille

2005 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-29
Author(s):  
Abiola Oshodi ◽  
Raju Bangaru ◽  
Jackie Benbow
Keyword(s):  
Family Members ◽  
Antipsychotic Treatment ◽  
Psychological Interventions ◽  
20Th Century Literature ◽  
Persecutory Delusions ◽  
The Family ◽  
Extreme Measure ◽  
The World ◽  
Migrant Family ◽  
The Uk

AbstractThis report describes a case of folie à famille in which an African man (Mr X), his wife and three daughters travelled around the world as Mr X transmitted his persecutory delusions to his family members. Mr X who had previously had two brief admissions in the UK and in Ireland, received an adequate trial of antipsychotic treatment in his third admission with us in Dublin. During informal contact with his daughter B, it became apparent that the whole family shared his delusions. On her advice, the other family members voluntarily consented for assessment and psychological interventions, they were interviewed separately. All the family members recovered following separation and psychological interventions without antipsychotic treatment. This case illustrates folie imposée, one of the four subgroups summarised by Gralnick1 from the 20th century literature. This family undertook an extreme measure of travelling around the world because of their induced delusions.

Middle Childhood Development

2020 ◽  
pp. 197-213
Author(s):  
Seçil Yücelyiğit
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Child Development ◽  
Peer Relations ◽  
Middle Childhood ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Childhood Development ◽  
Childhood And Adolescence ◽  
The Family ◽  
The World

Child development is segmented into five periods and the bridge between early childhood and adolescence is named as “middle childhood.” One of the milestones of this period is schooling. Middle childhood children start learning about the world; their roles, responsibilities and how to participate in this world by communicating with others besides the family members. These abilities are gained mostly at school with peer relations. In this chapter, the developmental areas of middle childhood children will be discussed with examples from recent studies.

Unblocking Enlightenment Loos, Bernardin's Boxer Shorts and Other Day-to-Day Practicalities in Eighteenth-Century Normandy: A Whistle-Stop Tour of Catherine de Saint-Pierre's Networks

2015 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 210-223
Author(s):  
Katherine Astbury ◽  
Catriona Seth
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Family Dynamics ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Her Family ◽  
The Family ◽  
The World ◽  
The One

Catherine de Saint-Pierre was Bernardin de Saint-Pierre's sister. Although his letters to her have not survived, we do have her letters to him. While he and his brothers travelled the world from Mauritius to Haiti, Catherine remained in their native Normandy. News and merchandise from far-flung corners of the globe came to her, but she never moved. Nevertheless she played an important role in the family dynamics, as she was often the one who gave family members news about each other. The trials and tribulations of her life in Dieppe fill the pages of her letters, but, in addition to details of her latest ailments, we gain a sense of someone who was very adept at navigating social networks to get the best for her and her family at as little cost as possible. This article reveals the hidden practical realities of getting things done on a budget in Dieppe at the end of the eighteenth century. It highlights the range and versatility of the networks upon which Catherine called as a means of saving money and provides us with some insider details on everyday expenses and exchanges invaluable to all those looking to better understand the economics and legalities of period.

scholarly journals Representations of Family Concept in Senior Preschool Age Children

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-55
Author(s):  
Tatiana SAKHAROVA ◽  
Inna ZHURAVLEVA ◽  
Maria BATAEVA
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Preschool Age ◽  
Parent Relationships ◽  
Emotional Relationships ◽  
The Family ◽  
Preschool Age Children ◽  
The World

Peculiarities of representations of family concept in senior preschool-age children are considered in the article. The authors of the article define representations as a certain vision of the world and relationships in it that help an individual to adapt to the world around him. According to the authors, the style of child-parent relations has an impact on the formation of a child’s ideas about family. As a result of empiric research, the authors come to the conclusion that the personality-centred style of child-parent relationship fosters ideas of positive family relations in senior preschool-age children. The tolerant type of child-parent relations determines the formation of the concept of neutral family relations in older preschool children. The ego-isolated style of child-parent relationships contributes to the formation of negative ideas about family relationships in senior preschool children. The empirical research has shown the predominance of ideas about positive family relationships in senior preschool children. In general, children of senior preschool age include family members, people and animals who live together with the child in the representation of the family, describe joint recreation and pastime, note the care of themselves as a child and characterize the features of emotional relationships between themselves and other family members. All three types of family concepts’ representations are manifested both in boys and girls. It is possible to trace the tendency of the predominance of ideas about negative family relations in boys, the predominance of ideas about neutral family relations in girls of senior preschool age.

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