A phenomenological study to explore lived experiences of caregivers of cancer patients receiving palliative care at hospice, U.T. Chandigarh 2018-20

This study is conducted to explore the experiences of caregivers involved in routine care of cancer patients admitted in hospice Chandigarh for palliative care. This study will help the nurses to know in depth about the feelings of caregivers. The participants will be selected by purposive sampling technique and data will be collected through interview guide which include patient related factors, care demands, physical burden, emotional burden, financial burden, coping, future outlook. Pilot study will be done in the month of July 2019 and final data will be collected in August and September 2019.