Bent Katherine N, Magilvy J Kathy
VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Denver, Colorado 80220, USA.
Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2006 Jun;27(5):447-59. doi: 10.1080/01612840600599960.
Death of a life partner and the subsequent bereavement are profound experiences for an individual. By far, the majority of bereavement research reported is focused on heterosexual couples, primarily married and often in the later years of life. The purpose of this study was to describe the bereavement experiences of lesbians whose life partners have died. The study used a descriptive, qualitative design informed by feminist scholarship and phenomenology to access the depth of personal experiences, as well as internally interpreted meanings of those experiences, among lesbian widows.
伴侣的离世以及随之而来的丧亲之痛对个人来说是深刻的经历。到目前为止，所报道的大多数丧亲研究都集中在异性恋伴侣身上，主要是已婚伴侣，且通常是在晚年。本研究的目的是描述伴侣已去世的女同性恋者的丧亲经历。该研究采用了一种描述性的定性设计，以女性主义学术和现象学为指导，以探究女同性恋寡妇个人经历的深度以及这些经历的内在诠释意义。
