Prioritizing the efforts: lived experiences of family when taking care of people with cancer†

Abstract

Cancer has one of the highest disease mortality rates. Families are very important in the treatment of people with cancer. By using a phenomenological design, this study aimed to explore the experience of families in caring for a person with cancer and to identify the needs of these families.

Keywords

• cancer
• decision-making
• family
• needs
• phenomenology
• priority
• treatment