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Mojgan Rahnama, Masood Fallahi Khoshknab, Sadat Seyed Bagher Madah, Fazollah Ahmadi,
Volume 5, Issue 3 (6-2012)
Abstract
Spiritual care includes assistance in performing religious rituals to support those seeking connection to the spiritual world. It forms an essential part of holistic care and helps finding answers to issues concerning life, pain, and death. This study was conducted to understand cancer patients' perception of spiritual care.A qualitative content analysis approach was applied to conduct the study. Semi-structured interviews were undertaken with convenience sampling of 17 cancer patients and their family members in oncology wards of a hospital in Tehran and Behnam Daheshpor Charity Organization. The recorded interviews were transcribed verbatim. For data reduction, data were labeled and coded before content analysis.The following themes were identified: characteristics and duties of nurses with a spiritual approach in religious and non religious domains, care with a spiritual approach in religious and non religious domains (emotional, communicational, functional), barriers to spiritual care.According to our findings, nurses do not satisfy all spiritual needs of the participants, because the characteristics and practices of nurses do not meet the expectations of patients and their family members, and ward environment does not support such care.
Mohammadreza Lashkarizadeh, Farzaneh Jahanbakhsh, Mitra Samareh Fekri, Bahram Poorseyyedi, Mahmood Aghaeei Afshar, Mostafa Shokoohi,
Volume 5, Issue 4 (7-2012)
Abstract
Disclosing the diagnosis of cancer to a patient could impact various aspects of their life. The present study was performed to evaluate the views of cancer patients about disclosure of the diagnosis of disease to them. The present study was conducted on 385 cancer patients in three teaching hospitals (Afzalipour, Shafa, and Bahonar) affiliated to Kerman University of Medical Sciences between 2010 and 2011. These patients were evaluated for their views on revealing the diagnosis to them using a questionnaire that included the type of cancer, demographic information and their preferred manner of being informed of the diagnosis. Out of 385 cancer patients, 155 patients (%40) were aware of the diagnosis of their disease. The majority of patients who were aware of their diagnosis (%89) said they would like to know the diagnosis before treatment. Almost all patients who knew the diagnosis preferred to be aware of the prognosis of the disease and the complications of treatment. The only significant demographic variable was sex men were more eager to know the diagnosis of the disease (P value< 0.05). This study showed that the majority of cancer patients would like to be aware of the diagnosis, even though most of them were unaware that they had cancer.
Maliheh Kadivar, Marjan Mardani Hamooleh,
Volume 8, Issue 1 (5-2015)
Abstract
Moral necessities in the field of children’s cancer are among the most important issues in medical services. The present study was conducted to explore this issue based on a case discussed during the medical ethics round in Tehran Children's Medical Center. A 13 year-old girl diagnosed with left ovarian cancer 5 years ago stated that she had not been informed about the disease and the type of surgery by her family, doctors and the medical staff. The family even denied the child’s disease, but she was struggling to adapt to the situation and eventually recovered after chemotherapy and surgery. Findings of the present study showed that through observance of moral necessities, health workers can assist children suffering from cancer and their families to better adapt to the situation. This is possible by providing supportive resources to these children as well as their families
Mehdi Aghili, Razieh Akbari, Ali Kazemian,
Volume 8, Issue 3 (9-2015)
Abstract
Truth-telling is considered as an important topic of modern discussion regarding the physician-patient relationship. The present study examined the behavior of physicians in disclosing the truth to patients. For this purpose, a total of 161 cancer specialists were selected using the simple random sampling technique. Research instrument consisted of a 24-item questionnaire based on expert opinion and the review of related literature. The results of item prioritization indicated that the participants ranked the following two items as highest in terms of attitude: "It is the basic right of patients to know about their condition", and "Relatives' participation in disclosing the truth to patients is rather beneficial". Research results also showed a positive and significant correlation between attitude and truth-telling tendency. Furthermore, multiple regression analysis by SMART-PLS software demonstrated that perceived behavioral control (self-efficiency) has the greatest impact on physicians' tendency toward truth-telling. The prediction power of planned behavior theory in predicting physicians' truth-telling behavior was established at 92 percent. Based on these findings, it is recommended to employ experts and adopt relevant guidelines to train novice physicians. Moreover, Iranian health officials are advised to take corrective measures to improve physicians' attitudes and subjective norms.
