Exploring and encouraging through social interaction: a qualitative study of nurses' participation in self-help groups for cancer patients
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Exploring and encouraging through social interaction : a qualitative study of nurses' participation in self-help groups for cancer patients. / Adamsen, Lis; Rasmussen, Julie Midtgaard.
In: Cancer Nursing, Vol. 26, No. 1, 02.2003, p. 28-36.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Exploring and encouraging through social interaction
T2 - a qualitative study of nurses' participation in self-help groups for cancer patients
AU - Adamsen, Lis
AU - Rasmussen, Julie Midtgaard
PY - 2003/2
Y1 - 2003/2
N2 - Self-help groups are a growing phenomenon across national borders. Current sociologic empirical evidence shows that nurses and other healthcare professionals have become an integral part of self-help groups. The aim of the study is to describe and highlight the experiences of patients with cancer (n = 21) and oncology nurses (n = 12) with self-help groups. These experiences are drawn on to illustrate the characteristics of professional involvement in self-help groups for patients with cancer. Data were obtained by individual qualitative interviews. The results show that the nurse functions as a social networker and uses her contextual competence by consciously encouraging relationships between fellow patients. Furthermore, the study illustrates that the nurse's involvement with self-help groups for patients with cancer serves as a complementary dimension to the traditional nursing discourse. It is concluded that when individualized care is supported through social practice and when personal issues are exchanged and negotiated, the nurse facilitates a milieu of togetherness in self-help groups for patients with cancer. The concept of self-help groups is a valuable contribution to new theories and service development in psychosocial care and complies with the understanding of the postmodern individual, who viewed as primarily responsible for negotiating, socializing, and making his or her own decisions.
AB - Self-help groups are a growing phenomenon across national borders. Current sociologic empirical evidence shows that nurses and other healthcare professionals have become an integral part of self-help groups. The aim of the study is to describe and highlight the experiences of patients with cancer (n = 21) and oncology nurses (n = 12) with self-help groups. These experiences are drawn on to illustrate the characteristics of professional involvement in self-help groups for patients with cancer. Data were obtained by individual qualitative interviews. The results show that the nurse functions as a social networker and uses her contextual competence by consciously encouraging relationships between fellow patients. Furthermore, the study illustrates that the nurse's involvement with self-help groups for patients with cancer serves as a complementary dimension to the traditional nursing discourse. It is concluded that when individualized care is supported through social practice and when personal issues are exchanged and negotiated, the nurse facilitates a milieu of togetherness in self-help groups for patients with cancer. The concept of self-help groups is a valuable contribution to new theories and service development in psychosocial care and complies with the understanding of the postmodern individual, who viewed as primarily responsible for negotiating, socializing, and making his or her own decisions.
KW - Adult
KW - Aged
KW - Attitude of Health Personnel
KW - Attitude to Health
KW - Community Networks
KW - Denmark
KW - Female
KW - Hospitals, University
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Neoplasms
KW - Nurse's Role
KW - Nurse-Patient Relations
KW - Nursing Evaluation Research
KW - Nursing Methodology Research
KW - Nursing Staff, Hospital
KW - Oncology Nursing
KW - Prospective Studies
KW - Qualitative Research
KW - Self-Help Groups
KW - Social Support
KW - Surveys and Questionnaires
KW - Evaluation Studies
KW - Journal Article
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 12556710
VL - 26
SP - 28
EP - 36
JO - Cancer Nursing
JF - Cancer Nursing
SN - 0162-220X
IS - 1
ER -
ID: 179127874