Breast Cancer Illness and Spiritual Healing
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.34257/GJHSSAVOL21IS11PG11Keywords:
breast cancer illness, medical pluralisation, religious belief, spirituality, spiritual support
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Spirituality religion and family play pivotal roles in addressing issues related to one s illness experiences The illness experiences were perceived as a moral-religious experience rather than a mere suffering due to bodily dysfunctions Thus this qualitative study aimed at exploring the concept of spirituality in the lives of young Malay breast cancer patients An ethnographic fieldwork was carried out among 13 young Malay breast cancer patients in Klang Valley and several selected areas of Selangor Malaysia A purposive snowballing technique was employed to select the informants for the study A series of in-depth interviews phone and online interviews guided by semi-structured interview schedule and participant observation were carried out among the informants It is evident from the study that the manifestation of spiritual experiences in relation to their breast cancer is attributed to the spiritual meaning of breast cancer illness roles of family in providing spiritual support and medical pluralisation The informants attributed their breast cancer illness as qada and qadar of Allah They accented it as ujian test or balasan divine punishment for a good cause from Allah S W T On this account spiritual healing was sought as complementary to hospital treatment in searching a cure for breast cancer
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2021-08-15
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