Date of Publication

2008

Document Type

Master's Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Health Social Science

Subject Categories

Medicine and Health Sciences | Public Health

College

College of Liberal Arts

Department/Unit

Behavioral Sciences

Thesis Adviser

Ma. Elena Chiong-Javier

Defense Panel Chair

Estella P. Go

Defense Panel Member

Romeo B. Lee
Alicia B. Manlagnit

Abstract/Summary

This descriptive study sought a deeper and detailed understanding of the types of social support provided during a health crisis situation of a family member, the positive and negative effects of providing support on the primary care providers as well as their ways of coping with the negative effects from the perspectives of twelve (12) primary care providers of the diagnosed terminally-ill cancer patients in Zamboanga City Medical Center. Findings show that most of the primary care providers are young, next of kin who are either children or wives of the patients, and mostly are with Bachelors degree but are non-working or unemployed. The results of the study generated similar categorization of social support from the literature gathered. The types of social support provided to the terminally-ill cancer patients are emotional, instrumental, physical, and informational support. Data further revealed that primary care providers provide the most of the instrumental support which is attending to the personal hygiene, nutritional and medical care to the patient. Because of the fact that most of them are non-working, they cannot provide the financial support and this support is given mostly by other family members who are working. In other types of social support such as emotional, physical, and informational support, results revealed that both primary care providers and other family members are able to provide to their terminally-ill cancer patients. The findings also indicate that the primary care providers find the financial needs of the patients difficult to sustain owing to the long duration of treatment at a high cost. This finding implies that outside of the family, support from the government for the terminally-ill cancer patients are wanting or needed. It is also perceived that primary care providers are both affected positively and negatively in providing care to their terminally-ill cancer patients. And as ways of coping with the negative effects, primary care providers use prayers, think positively, and ask/ seek for financial help from other relatives to help them out in facing the difficulties in supporting their patients.

Abstract Format

html

Language

English

Format

Electronic

Accession Number

CDTG004423

Shelf Location

Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F Henry Sy Sr. Hall

Physical Description

1 computer optical disc ; 4 3/4 in.

Keywords

Primary care (Medicine); Terminally ill; Terminal care—Religious aspects; Terminal care -- Social aspects.

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