Experience of Thai Women Living with Breast Cancer in Receiving Treatment from Health Care Providers in the Northern Part of Thailand
Keywords:
Breast Cancer, Experience, Health Care ProvidersAbstract
The purpose of this qualitative study was to describe the experience of Thai women with breast cancer in receiving treatment from health care providers in the Northern part of Thailand. Participants were 25 Thai women with breast cancer. In-depth interviews were used to collect data during October, 2015 to June, 2016. Data were analyzed using content analysis. There were four themes that emerged from this study: 1) compliance with doctor’s order, 2) health/treatment seeking, 3) experiences in health care service, and 4) knowledge and service as needed. From this study, we suggest that health care providers should be more concerned about needs, social aspects, and culture of patients. They should certainly provide specific information on breast cancer to patients who have to live with it.
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Guba, E. G., & Lincoln, Y. S. (1989). Fourth Generation Evaluation. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
Jordan, B. (1997). Birth in Four Cultures: A Crosscultural Investigation of Childbirth in
Yucatan, Holland, Sweden, and the United States. (4th ed.). Prospect Heights, Illinois: Waveland Press Inc.
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Low, L. K. & Tumbarello, J. A. (2012). Falling Out: Authoritative Knowledge and Women’s Experience with Pelvic Organ Prolapse. Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health, 57(5), 489–494.
McCoyd, J. L. (2010). Authoritative Knowledge, the Technological Imperative and Women’s
Responses to Prenatal Diagnostic Technologies. Culture Medicine Psychiatry, 34(4), 591-614.
Mortensen, G. L., Madsen, I. B., Krogsgaard, R., & Ejlertsen, B. (2018). Quality of Life and Care
Needs in Women with Estrogen Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer: A Qualitative Study. Acta Oncologica, 57(1), 146-151, DOI: 10.1080/0284186X.2017.1406141
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Mott-Coles, S. (2014). Patients' Cultural Beliefs in Patient-Provider Communication with African American Women and Latinas Diagnosed with Breast Cancer. Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, 18(4), 443-448.
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Naewjumpa, C, Saneha, C., Puwarawuttipanit, W. & Soparattanapaisarn, N. (2014). Symptom Experiences, Symptom Management Strategies, and Functional Status in Outpatient with Breast Cancer Stage IV Receiving Chemotherapy. Thai Journal of Nursing Council, 29(1), 15-28. (in Thai)
Numsang, P., Kurat, S., Baothong, K., Somboonkit, D., Supanyabut, K., Pasaribut, R., & Boonmas, N. (2018). The Life Experiences of Breast Cancer Patients who Received Chemotherapy. The Journal of Prapokklao Hospital Clinical Medical Education Center, 35(2), 140-152. (in Thai)
Office of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Public Health. (2017). Public Health Statistics: A.D.2016. Nonthaburi: Strategy and Planning Division, Office of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Public Health. (in Thai)
Pothidara, Y, Dumrongpakapakorn, P., Panput, A., Phoomphij, C., & Nakbun, S. (2014). Health Care Providers’ Authoritative Knowledge: Patients’ Choices and Rights Perceived by Isan Woman Living with Breast Cancer. Journal of Nursing and Health Care, 32(3), 6-13. (in Thai)
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Suwanklong, D. & Liamputtong, P. (2016). Breast Cancer Treatment: Experiences of Changes and Social Stigma Among Thai Women in Southern Thailand. Cancer Nursing, 39(3), 213-220.
Uysal, N., Toprak, F. Ü., Kutlutsürkan, S., & Erenel, A. S. (2018). Symptoms Experienced and
Information Needs of Women Receiving Chemotherapy. Asia Pacific Journal of Oncology Nurses, 5, 178-83.
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