Lam WWT, Au AHY, Wong JHF et al (2011) Unmet supportive care needs: a cross-cultural comparison between Hong Kong Chinese and German Caucasian women with breast cancer. The findings underscore the need to invest in integrating psychosocial services to chronic illness care in low- and middle-income settings.Īlexander A, Sreenath K, Murthy RS (2020) Beyond numbers – recent understanding of emotional needs of persons diagnosed with cancer 2007–2018. These women’s narratives shed light on certain universal aspects of the breast cancer experience as well as its specificity in a region devastated by war, where cancer care is delivered with minimal resources. Demonstrating remarkable strength and resilience, however, they drew on their families and communities for support in the absence of a formal system of psychosocial care. ResultsĪside from the immediate effects of chemotherapy, participants grappled with concerns of body image, social stigma, and dependency while straddling anxieties about the fate of their families and expenses on cancer care. Data were gathered through semi-structured interviews and thematically analysed. Methodsįifteen women with non-metastatic breast cancer and treated with curative intent, who were undergoing or had completed adjuvant chemotherapy, were included in the study. This exploratory descriptive qualitative study delves into breast cancer–associated psychosocial morbidity among women diagnosed with breast cancer at a cancer centre in post-war northern Sri Lanka. Coping with breast cancer may be especially challenging where psychosocial services are not integrated to cancer care. A breast cancer diagnosis leads to considerable internal conflict and social disruption.
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