Nursing implications for treating "Kanser" in Filipino patients Journal Article

  


Author: Schmit, K.
Article Title: Nursing implications for treating "Kanser" in Filipino patients
Abstract: As the ethnic face of America changes, so too does the population seen by palliative care nurses. The holistic care provided by nurses demands knowledge of the cultural beliefs and traditions of individual patients. This article provides a description of nursing implications for the palliative care of Filipino clients and presents pertinent cultural implications for three issues: managing the diagnosis, pain and death, and dying. These three aspects of diagnosis, pain, and death are very specific to care of "kanser" patients. "Kanser" is the word for cancer in the native Filipino language, Tagalog. By exploring the nursing implications and Filipino customs, palliative care nurses can broaden their worldview of Filipino clients and learn new methods in providing culturally sensitive, pertinent, and quality care.
Keywords: oncologic nursing; pain; death; family; culture; hospice and palliative nursing; transcultural nursing; philippines -- ethnology; rituals and ceremonies
Journal Title: Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing
Volume: 7
Issue: 6
ISSN: 1522-2179
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins  
Date Published: 2005-11-01
Start Page: 345
End Page: 353
Language: English
PROVIDER: EBSCOhost
PROVIDER: cin20
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Notes: --- - "Accession Number: 2009108848" - "Entry Date: 20060310" - "Revision Date: 20120309" - "Publication Type: journal article; tables/charts" - "Journal Subset: Double Blind Peer Reviewed; Editorial Board Reviewed; Expert Peer Reviewed; Nursing; Peer Reviewed; USA" - "Special Interest: Oncologic Care; Palliative Care/Hospice" - "NLM UID: 100887419" - "Email: kathryn.schmit@gmail.com." - "Source: cin20"