一位越南籍母親喪子的哀慟經驗

The Bereaving Experience of a Vietnamese Mother Who Lost Her Child

孩童死亡顛覆了生命的邏輯次序，也導致父母對於自我的撕裂。孩子強化外籍母親與新移民國家庭、社會與文化的聯繫，當異文化母親喪失孩子後的哀慟經驗是否顯露文化的異同呢？本文以民族誌進行探究一位喪子的越南籍母親置身在台灣文化脈絡下的哀慟歷程，共萃取出六項主題包含「哀傷反應」、「住院回憶」、「支持感」、「行善意念」、「對台灣喪禮儀式的躊躇」及「再懷孕的不確定感」。結果呈現越南藉母親哀慟過程中的支持網絡有別於台灣籍母親，台灣服喪儀式與醫療文化的柵網可能影響哀傷的反應與歷程。本文建議照護外籍配偶面對瀕死兒童或死亡過程中應該以簡明扼要的方式提供充分的訊息，並於後續哀慟歷程貫徹持續性護理理念。

A child's death not only destroys the order of the human developmental cycle, but also destroys the parents' dreams, which normally are directed towards the future of the child. For a foreign mother whose child enhances her connection with her new land, one question that arises is whether there are any differences associated with such a cross-cultural bereavement. This paper employed ethnography for data collection when analyzing a Vietnamese mother who suffered bereavement. Six themes emerged and these were 'a grief response', 'memories of hospitalization', 'a sense of supportiveness', 'benevolent thoughts', 'hesitations with Taiwanese mourning customs' and 'uncertainty about becoming pregnant again after bereavement'. The findings show that the support system varies between Taiwanese and Vietnamese mothers and that. Taiwanese mourning customs together with a divergent medical culture might exacerbate the grief process. The author suggested that healthcare providers should use simple and easily understood words to enhance understanding of any medical treatment undertaken by the hospital as well as providing continuous care to the bereaved family.