The Effect of Perceived Social Support and Spiritual Care Needs in Predicting Hope in Oncology Patients.

Background: Hope has an influential role in oncology patients and is related to perceived social support and spirituality. However, studies on the extent to which the concepts of perceived social support and spiritual care needs affect hope are still limited.

Objective: To examine the effect of perceived social support and spiritual care needs in predicting hope in adult oncology patients.

A Qualitative Analysis on the Experiences of Mothers of Children in Burn Intensive Care Unit: "She burned on the outside, me inside...".

Mothers closely follow the complex process due to the burning of their children. Caring for and supporting the child can pose various challenges for mothers. With the phenomenological method, this study was conducted to investigate mothers' experiences staying with their children in the pediatric burn intensive care unit.

I'm Here, Too: Being an Adolescent Sibling of a Pediatric Cancer Patient in Turkey.

Purpose: This study aimed to determine experiences and needs of Turkish adolescent siblings of children with cancer (SCC) and to identify if there is a country/culture-specific risk factor for these siblings.

Design And Method: In this qualitative study hermeneutic phenomenological approach was used. Eighteen eligible siblings were selected purposively from two hospitals in Ankara, Turkey.