title: Patients who have undergone bone marrow transplantation: their quest for meaning.
abstract: This study investigates the processes of "meaning-making" and life interpretation as experienced by a group of patients who underwent bone marrow transplantation. Six adult male patients were followed until the 100th day after their transplantation or until their deaths. A hermeneutic study of their experiences revealed that they manipulated the meanings of their lives and sought meaning in their lives in two different ways: (1) they renegotiated their social position in a new situation, and (2) they tried to reach an understanding of their experiences as a whole.
authors.affiliation: University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, School of Nursing, Charlottesville.
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Steeves
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007938:Leukemia / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000379:methods; D010684:Philosophy; D011209:Power, Psychological; D012067:Religion; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012933:Social Identification; D013483:Superstitions