Table 5.

Types of “Acceptance of Death, although It Is Hard to Let a Family Member Go Before Death”.

Condition	Category	Property and dimensional analysis
Causal condition	The whole family suffers from an inner struggle after the cancer diagnosis	Attitude: skeptical	Skeptical-passive	Active	Active
	Dealing with pain rather than treatment	Attitude: negative	Negative	Positive	Positive
	Difficulty moving one’s body independently	Condition: hard	Hard	Moderate-hard	Moderate
	Forgetting one’s own features	Condition: hard	Moderate-hard	Moderate	Weak
Central phenomenon	Difficulty letting a family member go before death	Condition: hard	Moderate-hard	Weak-moderate	Weak
Contextual condition	Struggle with problems of original family	Strength: hard	Moderate-hard	Moderate	Weak
	Caregiving for the sick also needs know-how	Strength: hard	Moderate-hard	Moderate	Weak
	Natural distancing from other people	Strength: hard	Moderate-hard	Moderate	Weak
Intervening condition	Encouragement from the assistance of surrounding people	Supporter: less	Less-moderate	Moderate-massive	Massive
		Support degree: weak	Weak-moderate	Moderate-hard	Hard
Coping strategy	Art therapy work with family members is meaningful and makes them feel happy	Attitude: negative	Negative-positive	Positive	Positive
		Quality: lack	Lack-moderate	Moderate	Enough
Result	Closer relationships with family members during illness	Attitude: negative	Negative-positive	Positive	Positive
	Despite not wanting death, hoping for it to be comfortable	Attitude: refusal	Refusal-conflict	Conflict-acceptance	Acceptance
	Acceptance of the laws of nature	Attitude: negative	Negative	Positive	Positive
Type analysis	Participants	01- L	01- A	01- B	05- P
		02- M	03- N	04- G	05- H
		02- D	03- E	05- J	06- Q
		03- F			06- K
		04- O
	Type classification	Negative rejection type	Passive management type	Active management type	Supportive acceptance type