Psychosocial care of people with cancer : the 'victim's' perspective

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dc.contributor.advisorLouw, Johannen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBoermeester, Franken_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-17T07:32:43Z
dc.date.available2014-10-17T07:32:43Z
dc.date.issued1996en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliography.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractMost psychosocial services for people with cancer remain under-utilised. This phenomenon disturbs the logic of two facts: that people with cancer do experience psychosocial problems, and that most interventions are capable of alleviating psychological distress and improving quality of life. This dissertation approached the above problem using a multi-modal methodology. First, a multi-choice questionnaire survey was conducted at the out-patient oncology clinic, Groote Schuur Hospital, showing that interest in the more professionalised services such as psychiatry, psychotherapy, coping skills courses, and social work was low, while interest in less professionalised services such as self-help groups and veteran patient visits was relatively high. In the context of the narrative and discursive approaches to understanding human experience, it was argued that psychosocial oncology presents a particular view of the person 'ith cancer, rooted in positivist and medical frameworks, which may be out of sink with patients' own understandings of themselves. A discourse analytic study, using two focus group interviews and four individual interviews with people with cancer, served as an alternative approach to understanding the coping process and patients' attitudes towards psychosocial care. Two contrasting discourses were highlighted in this way: an individualistic discourse and a psychological discourse. Respondents employed various rhetorical strategies in order to ensure domination of the rational, individualistic, and coping 'I' over the emotional, psychologized mind. Taken together, these results suggest that less professionalised services, based largely on fellow patient support, should be central to a more consumer-friendly system of psychosocial care. An action research approach was recommended as a possible means of developing such a system of care.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationBoermeester, F. (1996). <i>Psychosocial care of people with cancer : the 'victim's' perspective</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8491en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationBoermeester, Frank. <i>"Psychosocial care of people with cancer : the 'victim's' perspective."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8491en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBoermeester, F. 1996. Psychosocial care of people with cancer : the 'victim's' perspective. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Boermeester, Frank AB - Most psychosocial services for people with cancer remain under-utilised. This phenomenon disturbs the logic of two facts: that people with cancer do experience psychosocial problems, and that most interventions are capable of alleviating psychological distress and improving quality of life. This dissertation approached the above problem using a multi-modal methodology. First, a multi-choice questionnaire survey was conducted at the out-patient oncology clinic, Groote Schuur Hospital, showing that interest in the more professionalised services such as psychiatry, psychotherapy, coping skills courses, and social work was low, while interest in less professionalised services such as self-help groups and veteran patient visits was relatively high. In the context of the narrative and discursive approaches to understanding human experience, it was argued that psychosocial oncology presents a particular view of the person 'ith cancer, rooted in positivist and medical frameworks, which may be out of sink with patients' own understandings of themselves. A discourse analytic study, using two focus group interviews and four individual interviews with people with cancer, served as an alternative approach to understanding the coping process and patients' attitudes towards psychosocial care. Two contrasting discourses were highlighted in this way: an individualistic discourse and a psychological discourse. Respondents employed various rhetorical strategies in order to ensure domination of the rational, individualistic, and coping 'I' over the emotional, psychologized mind. Taken together, these results suggest that less professionalised services, based largely on fellow patient support, should be central to a more consumer-friendly system of psychosocial care. An action research approach was recommended as a possible means of developing such a system of care. DA - 1996 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1996 T1 - Psychosocial care of people with cancer : the 'victim's' perspective TI - Psychosocial care of people with cancer : the 'victim's' perspective UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8491 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/8491
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationBoermeester F. Psychosocial care of people with cancer : the 'victim's' perspective. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 1996 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8491en_ZA
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherResearch Psychologyen_ZA
dc.titlePsychosocial care of people with cancer : the 'victim's' perspectiveen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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