Publications by authors named "Jacoba Johanna Maria Jansen van Rensburg"
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- - The study explored the experiences of South African patients with head and neck cancer through interviews with 18 participants, mainly Black males averaging 50.8 years old.
- - Two themes emerged: the impact of illness and treatment, and the struggle to adapt to a significantly altered life, highlighted by pain, dietary challenges, and social stigma.
- - The findings underscore the need for better pain management, nutritional support, and increased awareness about cancer to reduce stigma and enhance the quality of care for these patients.
Objective: Cancer patients in Africa face unique challenges such as poverty, access to health care and under-resourced health-care systems. Although quality of life (QoL) of cancer patients has been well researched, the perspectives of cancer patients living in Africa are unknown. The objective was to explore what constitutes QoL for cancer patients accessing public health care in South Africa.
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