愛是死亡與不朽的交會點。死亡不能終止人們對摯愛者的愛，已故的摯愛者將不朽的活在人們的記憶中，影響著生者的生活態度。因著這深刻愛的連結，摯愛者的死亡所帶給生者的靈性衝擊，是對生命意義的追尋；是生命態度的轉變；是一個掙扎的過程，使人們在靈性整全與破碎的兩端中，不斷的行走與抉擇。本研究的目的為描述癌症病人之重要他人，因著喪失摯愛，靈性所遭受到的衝擊。研究問題為摯愛者的臨終和死亡，對癌症病人之重要他人產生哪些靈性的衝擊？研究對象為採用立意取樣的滾雪球取樣法，選取8位曾經歷過喪失摯愛者的癌症病人之重要他人。使用詮釋學為本研究的方法論，採回溯性的方式，進行縱貫性研究的訪談，訪談時間為92年12月至93年4月。研究結果共呈現出11的類別模型，分別為「怨天尤人責己多煎熬，千呼萬喚挽不回，為使心平靜，感恩蒙善終。」、「信神難，棄神也難，無奈中順服，等待曉悟。」、「來不及、想不透；凡事謝恩、不與天爭」、「盼他活、又怕苦；身一滅、尋不見；愛不變、盼活我心。」、「讓愛有行動的出口、冀望生命不滅」、「從盲目利他中躍升，平衡愛人與自愛。」、「辨明良友，珍惜擔我苦難者。」、「擔心未來、深恐喪命；珍惜現有、儲存回憶。」、「自我混亂、無法掌握；頓悟世理、寬恕己過。」、「嘆觀生命、許多無奈；生命短暫、何須執著，輕看得失。」、「定睛此生、眺望彼岸、重新詮釋生命意義。」。透過本研究的結果，增加了照顧癌症末期病人家屬與喪親者的背景知識，強調從一個「全人」的觀點去看待喪失摯愛者事件。

　　Love is the junction connecting immortality and death. It is unfailing even in face of death. Although the physical body perishes, the spirit remains in the memory of their loved ones, affecting their attitudes towards life. Because of the close connection by love, the impact of spirituality to those who has lost his/her beloved is the search for the meaning of life. In this prolonged struggling process, people are constantly involved in decision making and have to walk between their integrated and crashed of spiritualities. Hence, the purpose of this study is to describe this impact of spirituality to those who have lost their beloved to cancer. The research question is: what is the impact of spirituality to the people when their beloved was dying or died. Snowball sampling is used in this study. There are eight subjects they have been the significant others of the passed away cancer patients. This is a longitudinal study and the methodology is Hermeneutics. The approach of data collection is to recall by in-depth interviewing from December 2003 to April 2004. There are eleven constitutive patterns in these results. They are “from suffering to blaming God and man or oneself , to unfruitful desperate summoning of one’s beloved, to self-transcendence with gratitude for a good death and has peace in one’s minds”; “from struggle between belief and unbelief in God, to submission in reluctance and waiting for enlightenment”; “wishing that the patients may live longer but fear they may suffer; when life extinguishes, the beloved can no longer be found; transcend to one’s spirit will live in person’s heart by an unfailing love”; “Let love have an outlet through action, and hope for an eternal life”; “from blind altruism transcends to a balanced love towards self and others; “to differentiate good friends, and treasure those who has been alleviating their sufferings”; “from apprehensive of the future and the fear of death transcends to treasure what is in possession and preserving remembrance ”; “from self confusion and chaos transcends to an understanding of the way of life and self forgiveness”; “from a pessimistic view of life with much reluctance transcends to an understanding of the ephemeral nature of life, as a result, the person becomes less obstinate and cares less about loss or gain”; “focus on this life, but in view of the great beyond, interpreting the meaning of life afresh”. From the result of this study, we come to a better understanding of those who are taking care of their beloved with end-stage cancer or have lost their beloved. Emphasis is put on a holistic view of such an incidence.

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