Changes in Midlife Advanced Lung Cancer Patients with Nursing Intervention Based on M. Newman Theory

―Support to Live Patients’ Own Way―

Abstract

Abstract

【Object】The purpose of this study is to explore what changes appear about the patients’ own way to live, if advanced lung cancer patients of middle age and nurse were able to follow together pattern recognition based on the M. Newman theory．

【Method】Subject is lung cancer patient that physicians predict difficult to continue the curative treatment or he have distant metastases．The researcher conducted nursing intervention with reference to previous studies based on the M. Newman theory．

【Result】Patients revealed five aspects and followed a rapid process of change．

【Conclusion】This study was able to suggest that advanced lung cancer patients of middle age in the process of pattern recognition found meaning and self-insight through living with lung cancer and they can express how their hopes for the future.