破碎但勇敢:阿拉伯妇女经历乳腺癌诊断的经验
Rawan Alsababha1, Fiona McDermid1, Rebecca O'Reilly2
1Western Sydney University, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia.
概括
被诊断为乳腺癌的阿拉伯妇女经常面临晚期癌症和乳腺切除术. 文化因素和社会结构限制了他们的自主权和治疗期间的支持.
科学领域:
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 妇女健康 妇女健康
背景情况:
- 乳腺癌是阿拉伯妇女中最常见的癌症.
- 诊断经常发生在晚期,增加了乳腺切除的需要.
- 关于阿拉伯妇女乳腺癌经历的当代文献很少.
研究的目的:
- 探索被诊断患有乳腺癌的阿拉伯女性的生活经历.
- 了解文化和社会因素对他们的治疗过程的影响.
- 确定与决策自主性和支持系统相关的挑战.
主要方法:
- 在2019年至2022年期间,与被诊断患有乳腺癌的阿拉伯妇女进行了半结构化采访.
- 采用了主题分析,遵循布劳恩和克拉克描述的方法.
- 专注于了解参与者对诊断,治疗决策和支持的看法.
主要成果:
- 确定了两个主要主题:"破碎但勇敢"反映了诊断经验,以及"关于治疗和支持经验的决策".
- 参与者表示缺乏决策自主权.
- 对支持的看法往往是有限的,受文化信仰和社会结构的影响.
结论:
- 阿拉伯妇女的乳腺癌之旅是由对命运和信仰的文化信仰所塑造的,优先考虑家庭需求而不是自己的需求.
- 父权社会结构导致治疗决策的自主权有限.
- 对于文化敏感的支持系统有着极大的需要,这些支持系统可以增强乳腺癌的阿拉伯妇女的决策自主权.
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