Melanie Vachon
Biographic Data
| ID | 3761200 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melanie Vachon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melanie |
| FAMILY NAME | Vachon |
| SIGNATURE | VACHON M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Université du Québec à Montréal |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Le don d’organes en contexte d’aide médicale à mourir
Le don d’organes en contexte d’aide médicale à mourir est un phénomène rare, mais en augmentation depuis l’encadrement législatif des soins de fin de vie au Québec. Dans cet article, nous proposons une analyse des discours médiatiques sur le sujet, en nous concentrant sur la presse écrite québécoise francophone. Un total de 152 articles, publiés entre janvier 2016 et décembre 2024, ont été sélectionnés. Notre analyse fait ressortir cinq thèmes qu…
Contrepoint. La résilience des familles endeuillées
In search of a habitable world
The aim of the study was to better understand the experiences of women living with a history of breast cancer by analyzing the metaphors they use to describe their experiences. Data were collected through individual narrative interviews with 10 women, who were between 4 years and 13 years post-diagnosis. Their narratives were analyzed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. The results are presented from an existential perspective and are…
The Traces of Cancer
This study feeds into ongoing discussions on the metaphors used by cancer patients. Its aim is to explore how women living with a history of breast cancer use metaphors to express and interpret the experience of cancer remission. Data were collected in interviews designed to capture a rich and metaphorical description of participants' experiences with breast cancer and what these experiences mean to them. Ten participants were recruited. An inter…
Intentional presence and the accompaniment of dying patients
In this paper, we offer a phenomenological and hermeneutical perspective on the presence of clinicians who care for the suffering and dying patients in the context of end-of-life care. Clinician presence is described as a way of (1) being present to the patient and to oneself, (2) being in the present moment, and (3) receiving and giving a presence (in the sense of a gift) . We discuss how presence is a way of restoring human beings’ relational a…
Approche herméneutique de l’expérience des enfants de familles migrantes lors de la consultation en santé mentale jeunesse
Cadre de la recherche : Comme la migration, particulièrement lorsque forcée peut affecter psychologiquement les enfants, la consultation en santé mentale jeunesse (SMJ) peut faire partie du parcours des familles migrantes. Alors que de rares articles décrivent cette expérience pour les familles et les jeunes (école secondaire), celle des enfants (école primaire) reste encore moins explorée.Objectif : Cet article se penche sur les données d’entret…
Perdre un être cher en contexte de Covid-19
Les mesures de santé publique (confinement et distanciation physique) imposées pour freiner la propagation de la COVID-19 engendrent des effets collatéraux psychosociaux majeurs pour les proches aidants. La communauté virtuelle de soutien J’accompagne, sous forme de recherche-action participative, vise à mieux comprendre le deuil pandémique et à briser l’isolement des endeuillés. L’analyse phénoménologique interprétative des entretiens individuel…
Acknowledging bereavement, strengthening communities
Despite public health measures and collective efforts, millions of individuals have unfortunately died from COVID‐19 complications worldwide, leaving several million family members at risk of developing bereavement complications. In the Canadian province of Quebec, where substantial deaths were associated with COVID‐19, we established an online support community for bereaved caregivers who lost a loved one during the pandemic. We discuss “compass…
Inuit Youth Transitioning out of Residential Care
For youth under child welfare, transitioning out of residential care and reintegrating into their community can be a difficult process. This may be especially true for Inuit youth who, because they are away from their communities, cannot develop networks and relationships that would provide a secure place for their development as an adult and as a community member. The objectives of this study were to document how transition out of care is addres…
Dans le Black Box d'Igloolik
Les taux élevés de suicide chez les jeunes Inuit sont souvent considérés comme symptomatiques des changements culturels survenus en quelques générations seulement. Aujourd'hui, les jeunes Inuit ont à transiger entre des cultures qui peuvent être vécues comme deux mondes opposés, avec des valeurs, des attentes et des contraintes parfois inconciliables. La littérature en santé mentale soulève le problème de l'accès aux soins, mais aussi le manque d…
Communicating power and resistance
Aboriginal youth are highly overrepresented within the child welfare system. High-risk youth are often placed in out-of-community residential placements. Such residential placements have been described by some as a continuation of colonial practices. Using communication theory as a conceptual model, we propose a qualitative analysis of micro-interactions that take place between Aboriginal youth and non-Aboriginal workers during the management of …
Death Confrontation, Spiritual-Existential Experience and Caring Attitudes in Palliative Care Nurses
The present qualitative study aims to (a) better understand how palliative care nurses handle death proximity; (b) describe their subjective spiritual-existential experience; and (c) explore the potential links between death confrontation and spiritual-existential experience in nurses. Eleven palliative care nurses participated in a semi-structured interview. Data were analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. The first level analy…
An Awakening Experience
The purposes of this qualitative study were to (a) explore palliative care nurses' spiritual and existential experience of a meaning-centered intervention (MCI) based on Frankls' approach and to (b) describe the qualitative effects of the MCI from the nurses' point of view. Ten palliative care nurses were interviewed before and after participating in a group intervention. Data were analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis (Smith 20…
Communicating power and resistance
Aboriginal youth are highly overrepresented within the child welfare system. High-risk youth are often placed in out-of-community residential placements. Such residential placements have been described by some as a continuation of colonial practices. Using communication theory as a conceptual model, we propose a qualitative analysis of micro-interactions that take place between Aboriginal youth and non-Aboriginal workers during the management of …
Death Confrontation, Spiritual-Existential Experience and Caring Attitudes in Palliative Care Nurses
The present qualitative study aims to (a) better understand how palliative care nurses handle death proximity; (b) describe their subjective spiritual-existential experience; and (c) explore the potential links between death confrontation and spiritual-existential experience in nurses. Eleven palliative care nurses participated in a semi-structured interview. Data were analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. The first level analy…
Acknowledging bereavement, strengthening communities
Despite public health measures and collective efforts, millions of individuals have unfortunately died from COVID‐19 complications worldwide, leaving several million family members at risk of developing bereavement complications. In the Canadian province of Quebec, where substantial deaths were associated with COVID‐19, we established an online support community for bereaved caregivers who lost a loved one during the pandemic. We discuss “compass…
In search of a habitable world
The aim of the study was to better understand the experiences of women living with a history of breast cancer by analyzing the metaphors they use to describe their experiences. Data were collected through individual narrative interviews with 10 women, who were between 4 years and 13 years post-diagnosis. Their narratives were analyzed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. The results are presented from an existential perspective and are…
An Awakening Experience
The purposes of this qualitative study were to (a) explore palliative care nurses' spiritual and existential experience of a meaning-centered intervention (MCI) based on Frankls' approach and to (b) describe the qualitative effects of the MCI from the nurses' point of view. Ten palliative care nurses were interviewed before and after participating in a group intervention. Data were analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis (Smith 20…
An Awakening Experience
The purposes of this qualitative study were to (a) explore palliative care nurses' spiritual and existential experience of a meaning-centered intervention (MCI) based on Frankls' approach and to (b) describe the qualitative effects of the MCI from the nurses' point of view. Ten palliative care nurses were interviewed before and after participating in a group intervention. Data were analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis (Smith 20…
Death Confrontation, Spiritual-Existential Experience and Caring Attitudes in Palliative Care Nurses
The present qualitative study aims to (a) better understand how palliative care nurses handle death proximity; (b) describe their subjective spiritual-existential experience; and (c) explore the potential links between death confrontation and spiritual-existential experience in nurses. Eleven palliative care nurses participated in a semi-structured interview. Data were analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. The first level analy…
Communicating power and resistance
Aboriginal youth are highly overrepresented within the child welfare system. High-risk youth are often placed in out-of-community residential placements. Such residential placements have been described by some as a continuation of colonial practices. Using communication theory as a conceptual model, we propose a qualitative analysis of micro-interactions that take place between Aboriginal youth and non-Aboriginal workers during the management of …
Dans le Black Box d'Igloolik
Les taux élevés de suicide chez les jeunes Inuit sont souvent considérés comme symptomatiques des changements culturels survenus en quelques générations seulement. Aujourd'hui, les jeunes Inuit ont à transiger entre des cultures qui peuvent être vécues comme deux mondes opposés, avec des valeurs, des attentes et des contraintes parfois inconciliables. La littérature en santé mentale soulève le problème de l'accès aux soins, mais aussi le manque d…
Inuit Youth Transitioning out of Residential Care
For youth under child welfare, transitioning out of residential care and reintegrating into their community can be a difficult process. This may be especially true for Inuit youth who, because they are away from their communities, cannot develop networks and relationships that would provide a secure place for their development as an adult and as a community member. The objectives of this study were to document how transition out of care is addres…
Perdre un être cher en contexte de Covid-19
Les mesures de santé publique (confinement et distanciation physique) imposées pour freiner la propagation de la COVID-19 engendrent des effets collatéraux psychosociaux majeurs pour les proches aidants. La communauté virtuelle de soutien J’accompagne, sous forme de recherche-action participative, vise à mieux comprendre le deuil pandémique et à briser l’isolement des endeuillés. L’analyse phénoménologique interprétative des entretiens individuel…
Acknowledging bereavement, strengthening communities
Despite public health measures and collective efforts, millions of individuals have unfortunately died from COVID‐19 complications worldwide, leaving several million family members at risk of developing bereavement complications. In the Canadian province of Quebec, where substantial deaths were associated with COVID‐19, we established an online support community for bereaved caregivers who lost a loved one during the pandemic. We discuss “compass…
Intentional presence and the accompaniment of dying patients
In this paper, we offer a phenomenological and hermeneutical perspective on the presence of clinicians who care for the suffering and dying patients in the context of end-of-life care. Clinician presence is described as a way of (1) being present to the patient and to oneself, (2) being in the present moment, and (3) receiving and giving a presence (in the sense of a gift) . We discuss how presence is a way of restoring human beings’ relational a…
Approche herméneutique de l’expérience des enfants de familles migrantes lors de la consultation en santé mentale jeunesse
Cadre de la recherche : Comme la migration, particulièrement lorsque forcée peut affecter psychologiquement les enfants, la consultation en santé mentale jeunesse (SMJ) peut faire partie du parcours des familles migrantes. Alors que de rares articles décrivent cette expérience pour les familles et les jeunes (école secondaire), celle des enfants (école primaire) reste encore moins explorée.Objectif : Cet article se penche sur les données d’entret…
The Traces of Cancer
This study feeds into ongoing discussions on the metaphors used by cancer patients. Its aim is to explore how women living with a history of breast cancer use metaphors to express and interpret the experience of cancer remission. Data were collected in interviews designed to capture a rich and metaphorical description of participants' experiences with breast cancer and what these experiences mean to them. Ten participants were recruited. An inter…
Le don d’organes en contexte d’aide médicale à mourir
Le don d’organes en contexte d’aide médicale à mourir est un phénomène rare, mais en augmentation depuis l’encadrement législatif des soins de fin de vie au Québec. Dans cet article, nous proposons une analyse des discours médiatiques sur le sujet, en nous concentrant sur la presse écrite québécoise francophone. Un total de 152 articles, publiés entre janvier 2016 et décembre 2024, ont été sélectionnés. Notre analyse fait ressortir cinq thèmes qu…
Contrepoint. La résilience des familles endeuillées
In search of a habitable world
The aim of the study was to better understand the experiences of women living with a history of breast cancer by analyzing the metaphors they use to describe their experiences. Data were collected through individual narrative interviews with 10 women, who were between 4 years and 13 years post-diagnosis. Their narratives were analyzed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. The results are presented from an existential perspective and are…
Psychology (8 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · Existentialism (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Nursing (4 works) · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (4 works) · Political science (4 works)