Forgiveness, and other themes, in women whose fathers killed their mothers. ANS. Advances in nursing science [ANS Adv Nurs Sci] Journal article

Title	Forgiveness, and other themes, in women whose fathers killed their mothers.
Author(s)	Laughon K, Steeves RH, Parker B, Knopp A, Sawin EM
Institution	University of Virginia School of Nursing, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA. klc6e@virginia.edu
Source	ANS Adv Nurs Sci 2008 Apr-Jun; 31(2):153-63.
MeSH	Adult Crime Victims Emotions Father-Child Relations Fathers Female Homicide Humans Male Mothers Prisoners Retrospective Studies Social Isolation Spouse Abuse Survivors
Abstract	The purpose of this article is to describe the experiences of adult women who, when they were children, experienced the homicide of their mother by their father. Two qualitative interviews were conducted with a convenience sample of 31 women survivors of uxoricide to create a qualitative description of the phenomenon. A number of themes have emerged including descriptions of the daughter "seeking understanding," "forgiving the father" (or not), and descriptions of the father in terms of his being her father or in terms of his behavior and the homicide.
Language	eng
Pub Type(s)	Journal Article Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
PubMed ID	18497591

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