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Understanding the meaning of social well-being at the end of life.(ARTICLES)

Purpose/Objectives: To advance understanding of the social well-being domain, a dimension of quality of life, from the perspective of dying individuals.

Research Approach: Qualitative, hermeneutic, and phenomenologic.

Setting: Private residences in a community setting.

Participants: 8 terminally ill adult patients with cancer, aged 35-75, enrolled in hospice care.

Methodologic Approach: In-depth, semistructured, tape-recorded, and transcribed interviews were analyzed using the Giorgi method.

Main Research Variables: Social well-being and quality of life at the end of life.

Findings: Six themes emerged that described the meaning of close personal relationships at the end of ...

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