The problem of non-compliance amongst breast cancer patients : a study of the high rate of absconding by African women diagnosed as having breast cancer

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dc.contributor.advisorBoonzaaier, Emileen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorWright, Sonya Vivienen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-19T14:19:26Z
dc.date.available2016-07-19T14:19:26Z
dc.date.issued1996en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: pages 88-89.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractIn South Africa at present, one in 32 women develop breast cancer during their lives. Breast cancer is the second most common cancer among females. The biomedical prognosis for breast cancer patients is good provided that the cancer is detected early and that patients comply to biomedical treatments. However, over 80% of African breast cancer patients abscond from the Oncology and Radiotherapy Departments at Groote Schuur Hospital each year. These patients are usually only seen again in the terminal stages, when they seek pain control from the hospital. The biomedical literature refers to this phenomenon of absconding but does not explore the cultural and social factors that may determine African women's decision to abscond. This study looks at the variables effecting absconding, by focusing on the cultural, social and economic contexts, in which African breast cancer patients choose to abscond · from biomedical treatments. The research was conducted within the methodological framework of social anthropology.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationWright, S. V. (1996). <i>The problem of non-compliance amongst breast cancer patients : a study of the high rate of absconding by African women diagnosed as having breast cancer</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Social Anthropology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20450en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationWright, Sonya Vivien. <i>"The problem of non-compliance amongst breast cancer patients : a study of the high rate of absconding by African women diagnosed as having breast cancer."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Social Anthropology, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20450en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationWright, S. 1996. The problem of non-compliance amongst breast cancer patients : a study of the high rate of absconding by African women diagnosed as having breast cancer. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Wright, Sonya Vivien AB - In South Africa at present, one in 32 women develop breast cancer during their lives. Breast cancer is the second most common cancer among females. The biomedical prognosis for breast cancer patients is good provided that the cancer is detected early and that patients comply to biomedical treatments. However, over 80% of African breast cancer patients abscond from the Oncology and Radiotherapy Departments at Groote Schuur Hospital each year. These patients are usually only seen again in the terminal stages, when they seek pain control from the hospital. The biomedical literature refers to this phenomenon of absconding but does not explore the cultural and social factors that may determine African women's decision to abscond. This study looks at the variables effecting absconding, by focusing on the cultural, social and economic contexts, in which African breast cancer patients choose to abscond · from biomedical treatments. The research was conducted within the methodological framework of social anthropology. DA - 1996 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1996 T1 - The problem of non-compliance amongst breast cancer patients : a study of the high rate of absconding by African women diagnosed as having breast cancer TI - The problem of non-compliance amongst breast cancer patients : a study of the high rate of absconding by African women diagnosed as having breast cancer UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20450 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitationWright SV. The problem of non-compliance amongst breast cancer patients : a study of the high rate of absconding by African women diagnosed as having breast cancer. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Social Anthropology, 1996 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20450en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentSocial Anthropologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherSocial Anthropologyen_ZA
dc.titleThe problem of non-compliance amongst breast cancer patients : a study of the high rate of absconding by African women diagnosed as having breast canceren_ZA
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