Hope: An International Human Becoming Perspective

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Jones & Bartlett Learning, 1999 - Medical - 303 pages
The goal of this book is to provide the reader with the research findi ngs from international qualitative human science studies on hope condu cted in nine countries including Australia, Canada, Finland, Italy, Ja pan, Sweden, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. All th ese studies were guided by the human becoming theory and were conducte d using the Parse research methodology. The findings from these qualit ative research studies enhance the knowledge base on the phenomenon of hope, shed new light on its meaning, and expand understanding of huma n becoming theory.

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Contents

The Many Facets of Hope
9
The Lived Experience of Hope for Australian Families
45
The Lived Experience of Hope for Family Members
63
Hope for Persons in Finland
79
A Study of the Lived Experience of Hope
97
Hope for Persons in Japan
115
The Lived Experience for Swedish Elders
129
Hope for Persons Living with Leprosy in Taiwan
143
Children in Families
191
The Lived Experience of Hope for Women Residing in a Shelter
211
The Lived Experience of Hope
227
Hope as Lived by Native Americans
251
Hope for American Women with Children
273
The Findings and Beyond
287
Index
295
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The Lived Experience of Hope with Persons from Wales UK
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