Cross-cultural differences in the care of patients with cancer

Trill, María Die; Holland, Jimmie C.

doi:10.1016/0163-8343(93)90087-5

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“…24 Trill and Holland have compared the different responses of Western and Eastern cultures towards illness and recovery. 25 In the West, man has been expected to gain mastery over nature, and Western patients are expected to struggle against and overcome their injury or illness. This is not true of Eastern societies where man has historically not been as concerned with gaining mastery over his environment as he has been with living in harmony with it.…”

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Religious views of the ‘medical’ rehabilitation model: a pilot qualitative study

Yamey¹,

Greenwood

2004

Disability and Rehabilitation

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Religious views of the ‘medical’ rehabilitation model: a pilot qualitative study

Yamey¹,

Greenwood

2004

Disability and Rehabilitation

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“…[5,6] Patients from Eastern cultures seeking cancer treatment in Western countries may prefer nondirect communication, and sometimes nondisclosure. [6] The role of family in medical decision-making is also more pronounced and acceptable among patients from Eastern cultures, [7,8] with patients sometimes expecting the family to supersede them in terms of receiving information and being involved in decision-making. [5] Contrasting to Western medical practice, oncologists in Eastern countries comply with this family-centered approach by routinely communicating diagnosis and prognosis information to families, allowing them to make disclosure and other medical decisions for the patient.…”

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Responding to family requests for nondisclosure: The impact of oncologists′ cultural background

Chittem

Butow

2015

J Can Res Ther

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All oncologists felt that the family request for nondisclosure was difficult, with many cultural and emotional nuances to take into consideration. Some immigrant Australian oncologists who had a similar cultural background as the patient/family, felt they could better understand the desire for nondisclosure. Irrespective of their cultural background, all oncologists acknowledged that breaking bad news had to be done in a gentle, gradual manner. The study suggests a need to develop a culturally sensitive cancer communication model.

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“…The barriers included patients' beliefs and misconceptions about cancer pain and management, meanings that patients ascribed to their pain, their expectations about pain relief, communication between patients and health care providers about pain and pain control, and inadequate training of health care providers in pain management. Among the barriers, poor communication between health care providers and patients was recently highlighted (Chan & Woodruff, 1997;De Schepper et al, 1997), and gender and ethnic differences in pain descriptions were found to be significant factors influencing the poor communication of cancer pain (Chan & Woodruff, 1997;Lin, 1998;Lin & Ward, 1995;Trill & Holland, 1993;Van Aken, Van Lieshout, Katz, & Heezen, 1989).…”

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A Feminist Critique of Research on Cancer Pain

Chee

2001

West J Nurs Res

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A number of studies on cancer pain have been conducted but the researchers rarely considered gender and ethnic differences in cancer pain. In this article, nursing research on cancer pain is critiqued from a feminist perspective, and directions for future nursing research are proposed. A total of 82 nursing articles published in the United States were retrieved through MEDLINE and MELVYL data retrieval systems, and analyzed and critiqued in terms of four basic elements of research from a feminist perspective (bias as resources, dependability, credibility and adequacy, and intersubjectivity). In this article, the critique is presented with four themes that may provide reasons why nursing research on cancer pain rarely incorporated gender and ethnic differences: absence of participants' own views and experiences, androcentrism and ethnocentrism, lack of consideration on contextual factors, and distant relationships between researchers and research participants. To overcome the limitations, six critical elements including gender and ethnic sensitivity, avoidance of distorted views, respectfor participants' own views and interests, trust and openness, empowerment, and multiple methods are suggested to be incorporated in future nursing research on cancer pain.

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Cross-cultural differences in the care of patients with cancer

Cited by 63 publications

References 13 publications

Religious views of the ‘medical’ rehabilitation model: a pilot qualitative study

Religious views of the ‘medical’ rehabilitation model: a pilot qualitative study

Responding to family requests for nondisclosure: The impact of oncologists′ cultural background

A Feminist Critique of Research on Cancer Pain

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