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Counselling Cancer Patients: A Case Study of Perspectives of Professional Counsellors and Cancer Patients in Malaysia

Globally, cancer is renowned as the top leading cause of death. Given the severity of this illness, cancer patients often experience different problems ranging from psychological adjustment and physiological changes to a financial burden. Counselling cancer patients is one treatment option provid...

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Main Authors: Siok Ping, Voon, Siaw Leng, Chan
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Language:English
Published: Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2021
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Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/36936/1/cancer1.pdf
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http://dx.doi.org/10.6007/IJARBSS/v11-i17/11398
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spelling my.unimas.ir.369362021-12-03T08:54:45Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/36936/ Counselling Cancer Patients: A Case Study of Perspectives of Professional Counsellors and Cancer Patients in Malaysia Siok Ping, Voon Siaw Leng, Chan BF Psychology Globally, cancer is renowned as the top leading cause of death. Given the severity of this illness, cancer patients often experience different problems ranging from psychological adjustment and physiological changes to a financial burden. Counselling cancer patients is one treatment option provided to provide support and constructive coping of uncertain outcomes. The present case study aimed to explore the counsellors' perspectives in counselling with cancer patients and cancer patients' views in counselling. This research study utilised a qualitative case study design to investigate the patients' and counsellors' perspectives in-depth. A professional counsellor who has experience in counselling cancer patients and cancer patients was recruited to learn about central importance issues in this study. Six themes have emerged from the research: (1) opinion about cancer, (2) opinion regarding counselling with cancer patients in Malaysia, (3) problems and concerns surround cancer patients, (4) difficulties and challenges working with cancer patients, (5) needs of the terminally ill, and (6) strategies and recommendations in counselling cancer patients. The finding provides professional counsellors with some indications in working together with cancer patients and terminally ill patients, which can be a complex and challenging process Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2021-10-21 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/36936/1/cancer1.pdf Siok Ping, Voon and Siaw Leng, Chan (2021) Counselling Cancer Patients: A Case Study of Perspectives of Professional Counsellors and Cancer Patients in Malaysia. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 11 (17). pp. 152-165. ISSN 2222-6990 https://hrmars.com/papers/detail/IJARBSS/11398/Counselling-Cancer-Patients-A-Case-Study-of-Perspectives-of-Professional-Counsellors-and-Cancer-Patients-in-Malaysia http://dx.doi.org/10.6007/IJARBSS/v11-i17/11398
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Counselling Cancer Patients: A Case Study of Perspectives of Professional Counsellors and Cancer Patients in Malaysia
description Globally, cancer is renowned as the top leading cause of death. Given the severity of this illness, cancer patients often experience different problems ranging from psychological adjustment and physiological changes to a financial burden. Counselling cancer patients is one treatment option provided to provide support and constructive coping of uncertain outcomes. The present case study aimed to explore the counsellors' perspectives in counselling with cancer patients and cancer patients' views in counselling. This research study utilised a qualitative case study design to investigate the patients' and counsellors' perspectives in-depth. A professional counsellor who has experience in counselling cancer patients and cancer patients was recruited to learn about central importance issues in this study. Six themes have emerged from the research: (1) opinion about cancer, (2) opinion regarding counselling with cancer patients in Malaysia, (3) problems and concerns surround cancer patients, (4) difficulties and challenges working with cancer patients, (5) needs of the terminally ill, and (6) strategies and recommendations in counselling cancer patients. The finding provides professional counsellors with some indications in working together with cancer patients and terminally ill patients, which can be a complex and challenging process
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author Siok Ping, Voon
Siaw Leng, Chan
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Siaw Leng, Chan
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title Counselling Cancer Patients: A Case Study of Perspectives of Professional Counsellors and Cancer Patients in Malaysia
title_short Counselling Cancer Patients: A Case Study of Perspectives of Professional Counsellors and Cancer Patients in Malaysia
title_full Counselling Cancer Patients: A Case Study of Perspectives of Professional Counsellors and Cancer Patients in Malaysia
title_fullStr Counselling Cancer Patients: A Case Study of Perspectives of Professional Counsellors and Cancer Patients in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Counselling Cancer Patients: A Case Study of Perspectives of Professional Counsellors and Cancer Patients in Malaysia
title_sort counselling cancer patients: a case study of perspectives of professional counsellors and cancer patients in malaysia
publisher Human Resource Management Academic Research Society
publishDate 2021
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/36936/1/cancer1.pdf
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http://dx.doi.org/10.6007/IJARBSS/v11-i17/11398
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