Care Giver’s Needs in the Process of Cancer Recovery
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Title
Care Giver’s Needs in the Process of Cancer Recovery
Subject
cancer oncology
caregiver
Description
Goals of work: The aim of the study is to explore the psychosocial needs of persons taking care of family members suffering from cancer. Materials & Methods: An Sixty care-givers participated in the cross sectional study. An interview schedule was used. The care recipients had heterogeneous cancer diagnosis and were hospitalized for at least a month. Main Result: Their Financial needs were the highest followed by informational needs, family needs, personal needs, social needs, psychological needs and spiritual needs. It is in contrast to their studies from the west where psychological need was supreme. Conclusions: The findings pave way for the development of comprehensive psychosocial care programs for the care-givers.
Creator
M Nympha, Marie
Thomas, Bino
Source
Artha Journal of Social Sciences; Vol. 11 No. 1 (2012): Artha Journal of Social Sciences; 67-86
0000-0000
0975-329X
Publisher
Centre for Publications, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore
Date
2021-08-14
Rights
Copyright (c) 2021 Artha Journal of Social Sciences
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0
Relation
Format
application/pdf
Language
eng
Type
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
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Citation
M Nympha, Marie and Bino Thomas, Care Giver’s Needs in the Process of Cancer Recovery, Centre for Publications, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, 2021, accessed November 7, 2024, https://igi.indrastra.com/items/show/427