Counselling Cancer Patients: A Case Study of Perspectives of Professional Counsellors and Cancer Patients in Malaysia
Globally, cancer is renowned as the top leading cause of death. Given the severity of this illness, cancer patients often experience different problems ranging from psychological adjustment and physiological changes to a financial burden. Counselling cancer patients is one treatment option provid...
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Human Resource Management Academic Research Society
2021
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/36936/1/cancer1.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/36936/ https://hrmars.com/papers/detail/IJARBSS/11398/Counselling-Cancer-Patients-A-Case-Study-of-Perspectives-of-Professional-Counsellors-and-Cancer-Patients-in-Malaysia http://dx.doi.org/10.6007/IJARBSS/v11-i17/11398 |
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| Summary: | Globally, cancer is renowned as the top leading cause of death. Given the severity of this
illness, cancer patients often experience different problems ranging from psychological
adjustment and physiological changes to a financial burden. Counselling cancer patients is
one treatment option provided to provide support and constructive coping of uncertain
outcomes. The present case study aimed to explore the counsellors' perspectives in
counselling with cancer patients and cancer patients' views in counselling. This research study
utilised a qualitative case study design to investigate the patients' and counsellors'
perspectives in-depth. A professional counsellor who has experience in counselling cancer
patients and cancer patients was recruited to learn about central importance issues in this
study. Six themes have emerged from the research: (1) opinion about cancer, (2) opinion
regarding counselling with cancer patients in Malaysia, (3) problems and concerns surround
cancer patients, (4) difficulties and challenges working with cancer patients, (5) needs of the
terminally ill, and (6) strategies and recommendations in counselling cancer patients. The
finding provides professional counsellors with some indications in working together with
cancer patients and terminally ill patients, which can be a complex and challenging process |
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