癌症病人與家庭照顧者之身心關懷照護面面觀

Aspects of Physical and Mental Care for Cancer Patients and Family Caregivers

癌症40年來都是臺灣十大死因的第一位，雖醫療科技的進步，但癌症對人民來說仍是無法完全控制的疾病之一，家庭照顧者參與病人的治療對癌症病人是很重要的，也較能確保治療的依從性與照護連續性。癌症不僅對病人且對主要照顧者是個重大危機，家屬通常在突然的情況下而擔當癌症病人的家庭照顧者，其生心理及醫療費用都是很大的負荷（Seo & Park, 2019）。在治療過程中，為家庭成員提供護理和支援是一項非凡的挑戰。許多家庭照顧者忽視自己的需求及情緒，全神專注於癌症病人。壓力可以產生身體和心理影響，可能會影響到健康相關的生活品質（Abbasi et al., 2020）。

Cancer, the primary cause of death in Taiwan for 40 years, remains a disease that cannot be com-pletely controlled by modern medicine. Although medical techniques are improving, involving family caregivers in the treatment of patients with cancer is very important to improving treatment outcomes. Family caregivers participate in the treatment pro-cess and help ensure treatment compliance and care continuity for patients. Cancer represents a major crisis not only for patients but also for their primary family caregivers. Family members often serve as informal caregivers to patients with cancer while also dealing with the related medical costs and phys-ical and psychological burdens (Seo & Park, 2019). Providing care and support for family members is an extraordinary challenge during the treatment jour-ney. Many family caregivers ignore their own needs and emotions, and focus their full attention on their beloved family members with cancer. However, this situation may impact their health-related quality of life (Abbasi et al., 2020).