Lack of Kudrat: a physical illness experience of young Malay breast cancer patients

This qualitative study aims at exploring the illness experiences of young Malay breast cancer patients in relation to the symptoms they suffered from. Thirteen young Malay breast cancer patients in Kuala Lumpur and several selected areas of Selangor were selected through purposive snowballing techni...

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Main Author:	Sulaiman, Szariannie
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	Universiti Putra Malaysia Kampus Bintulu, Sarawak 2019
Subjects:	GN Anthropology R Medicine (General) RG Gynecology and obstetrics
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/77779/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/77779/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/77779/1/77779_Lack%20of%20Kudrat.pdf

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spelling	iium-777792020-02-07T08:43:23Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/77779/ Lack of Kudrat: a physical illness experience of young Malay breast cancer patients Sulaiman, Szariannie GN Anthropology R Medicine (General) RG Gynecology and obstetrics This qualitative study aims at exploring the illness experiences of young Malay breast cancer patients in relation to the symptoms they suffered from. Thirteen young Malay breast cancer patients in Kuala Lumpur and several selected areas of Selangor were selected through purposive snowballing technique. In relation to this, an ethnographic fieldwork employing a qualitative approach was conducted for approximately 10 months. A series of in-depth interviews, phone and online interviews guided by semistructured interview schedule and participant observation were carried out among the informants of this study. This is imperative particularly to make sense the meaning of illness as perceived by the Malay informants. Data obtained from the fieldwork was analysed thematically to gain understanding of the stories conveyed by informants. Codes were then generated in relation to the study’s objective. It is evident from the present study that young Malay informants had described their illness experiences in terms of physical dimension. As such they perceived having 'semput', 'tak boleh makan' and' tak boleh pergi kerja' as the ingredients of lack of kudrat. This study holds an important implication in contributing to the existing corpus of knowledge as far as medical anthropology is concerned. It is also significant for health care providers and support networks in better understanding breast cancer patients’ conditions, medical problems, psychosocial needs and quality of life in coping with cancer. Universiti Putra Malaysia Kampus Bintulu, Sarawak 2019-12 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/77779/1/77779_Lack%20of%20Kudrat.pdf Sulaiman, Szariannie (2019) Lack of Kudrat: a physical illness experience of young Malay breast cancer patients. In: International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities 2019, 8th-9th October 2019, Grand Milenium Hall ParkCity Everly Hotel Bintulu Sarawak Malaysia. http://spel3.upm.edu.my/max/dokumen/ICSSH2019_e_proceeding_ICOSSH_2019_UPMKB_(with_eISBN).pdf
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topic	GN Anthropology R Medicine (General) RG Gynecology and obstetrics
spellingShingle	GN Anthropology R Medicine (General) RG Gynecology and obstetrics Sulaiman, Szariannie Lack of Kudrat: a physical illness experience of young Malay breast cancer patients
description	This qualitative study aims at exploring the illness experiences of young Malay breast cancer patients in relation to the symptoms they suffered from. Thirteen young Malay breast cancer patients in Kuala Lumpur and several selected areas of Selangor were selected through purposive snowballing technique. In relation to this, an ethnographic fieldwork employing a qualitative approach was conducted for approximately 10 months. A series of in-depth interviews, phone and online interviews guided by semistructured interview schedule and participant observation were carried out among the informants of this study. This is imperative particularly to make sense the meaning of illness as perceived by the Malay informants. Data obtained from the fieldwork was analysed thematically to gain understanding of the stories conveyed by informants. Codes were then generated in relation to the study’s objective. It is evident from the present study that young Malay informants had described their illness experiences in terms of physical dimension. As such they perceived having 'semput', 'tak boleh makan' and' tak boleh pergi kerja' as the ingredients of lack of kudrat. This study holds an important implication in contributing to the existing corpus of knowledge as far as medical anthropology is concerned. It is also significant for health care providers and support networks in better understanding breast cancer patients’ conditions, medical problems, psychosocial needs and quality of life in coping with cancer.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Sulaiman, Szariannie
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title	Lack of Kudrat: a physical illness experience of young Malay breast cancer patients
title_short	Lack of Kudrat: a physical illness experience of young Malay breast cancer patients
title_full	Lack of Kudrat: a physical illness experience of young Malay breast cancer patients
title_fullStr	Lack of Kudrat: a physical illness experience of young Malay breast cancer patients
title_full_unstemmed	Lack of Kudrat: a physical illness experience of young Malay breast cancer patients
title_sort	lack of kudrat: a physical illness experience of young malay breast cancer patients
publisher	Universiti Putra Malaysia Kampus Bintulu, Sarawak
publishDate	2019
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/77779/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/77779/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/77779/1/77779_Lack%20of%20Kudrat.pdf
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