Barthakur Michelle S, Sharma Mahendra P, Chaturvedi Santosh K, Manjunath Suraj K
Manukau Community Mental Health Centre, Counties Manukau District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand ; Department of Clinical Psychology, NIMHANS, Bangalore, India.
Department of Clinical Psychology, NIMHANS, Bangalore, India.
Indian J Surg Oncol. 2016 Dec;7(4):392-396. doi: 10.1007/s13193-016-0519-z. Epub 2016 Apr 27.
The experience of diagnosis and treatment of cancer leads to significant changes within an individual. In the course of survivorship trajectory, very often cancer survivors are left with the sense, improvements could be done to enhance the quality of cancer care. This article focuses on experiences of breast cancer survivors with oncology setting in urban India. Data was collected from 15 women in South and East India using in-depth interview method. Qualitative interview data was analysed using descriptive phenomenology method. Areas of importance that emerged broadly included informational and emotional categories. Findings reveal quality of cancer care in India can be improved through developing an orientation towards patient-centred style rather than doctor/disease centred approach which has major influence on physical and mental health outcomes. This would require further research and increased emphasis on training of medical as well as paramedical professionals.
癌症的诊断和治疗经历会给个体带来重大变化。在生存轨迹过程中，癌症幸存者常常会觉得，在提高癌症护理质量方面仍有改进空间。本文聚焦于印度城市地区乳腺癌幸存者在肿瘤治疗环境中的经历。通过深度访谈法，从印度南部和东部的15名女性那里收集了数据。采用描述性现象学方法对定性访谈数据进行了分析。广泛出现的重要领域包括信息和情感类别。研究结果表明，印度的癌症护理质量可以通过发展以患者为中心的模式来提高，而不是以医生/疾病为中心的方法，因为后者对身心健康结果有重大影响。这需要进一步研究，并更加重视对医学以及辅助医疗专业人员的培训。
