Date of Award
Spring 5-19-2014
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
PhD Nursing
Department
Nursing
Advisor
Judith Lothian
Committee Member
Bonnie Sturm
Committee Member
Marie Foley
Keywords
parental bereavement, child death, hermeneutic phenomenology, Van Manen's methodology
Abstract
The purpose of this manuscript is to present a Heideggerian hermeneutic phenomenological nursing research study on the phenomenon of parental bereavement. The aim of this study is to describe the lived experience of bereaved mothers and fathers who have experienced the death of a child due to cancer. Van Manen’s (1997) method guided this qualitative inquiry. New knowledge describing the meaning of the lived experience of parental bereavement promotes a better understanding of the phenomenon from the perspective of parents, fills a significant gap in the literature, and informs nursing research, education, and practice.
Recommended Citation
Denhup, Christine, "The Lived Experience of Parental Bereavement" (2014). Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs). 1937.
https://scholarship.shu.edu/dissertations/1937
