国立情報学研究所の「学術雑誌公開支援事業」により電子化されました。This study aims to clarify the psychosocial issues faced by advanced cancer patients undergoing outpatient chemotherapy in their daily lives, and to examine nursing support for such patients. Data obtained in semi-structured interviews with 16 advanced cancer patients undergoing outpatient chemotherapy who were notified that they had cancer and who consented to cooperate in this study were analyzed qualitatively. Six psychosocial issues were identified : restrictions on daily activities, hopes for and anxieties about their limited lifetime, expectations and ...