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Dying of cancer : is it the process or the place that contributes to a good death?

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Main Author: Manicom, Clare Louise
Other Authors: Williams, Fatima
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Department of Social Development 2015
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spelling oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/11965 Dying of cancer : is it the process or the place that contributes to a good death? Manicom, Clare Louise Williams, Fatima Social Work Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references. This Quantitative Study undertook to investigate what family members or caregivers of deceased patients from a private oncology unit in Cape Town experienced during the last week of that patient’s life. The social expectation or conventionally held belief that Good Death is only attainable at home was challenged, with findings indicating that it is possible to achieve a Good Death in a hospital setting. 2015-01-10T13:30:00Z 2015-01-10T13:30:00Z 2012 Master Thesis Masters MSocSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11965 eng application/pdf Department of Social Development Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town
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Dying of cancer : is it the process or the place that contributes to a good death?
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title Dying of cancer : is it the process or the place that contributes to a good death?
title_full Dying of cancer : is it the process or the place that contributes to a good death?
title_fullStr Dying of cancer : is it the process or the place that contributes to a good death?
title_full_unstemmed Dying of cancer : is it the process or the place that contributes to a good death?
title_short Dying of cancer : is it the process or the place that contributes to a good death?
title_sort dying of cancer is it the process or the place that contributes to a good death
topic Social Work
url http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11965
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