For Whom the Bell Does Not Toll: The invisible saga of cancer caregivers
Journal Title: Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal - Year 2019, Vol 19, Issue 4
Abstract
Cancer care can be seen as a three- legged stool. Whereas, the centre of attention is the patient, care cannot be provided without healthcare providers and caregivers. Quality caregiving enhances the patient’s physical and emotional well-being. Te informal caregivers in oncologic practice need enhanced support, whether faced with the imminent demise of a cancer patient or in the long-term care of survivors. Yet, in cancer care protocols, informal caregivers are often neglected; a compromise of their quality of life is a foregone conclusion.1 For example, a physician whose sibling is wasting away from advanced cancer may express their angst by expressing “she [the cancer patient] is the strong one in the family”. Young parents may mask their emotions to hide their distress of seeing their child with neuroblastoma buoyant between cycles of chemotherapy.
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Ritu Lakhtakia, Ikram Burney
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- EP ID EP675775
- DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.18295/squmj.2019.19.04.001
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