Information Sources of Cancer Patients

Year 2021, Volume: 10 Issue: 3, 568 - 573, 23.09.2021

Hatice Gencer Pınar Sercekus Sevgi Özkan

https://doi.org/10.37989/gumussagbil.709072

Abstract

Cancer Patients need some information in order to make decisions about their treatments and meet their physical and physicological needs. Accessing to the reliable information positively affects the treatment process. Information sources of the cancer patients change in time. Generally speaking, patients tend to gather information from the health workers and trust them. However, it is known that the cancer patients have been referring to the Internet as the information source in the recent years. Today, the Internet is regarded as one of the first information sources that is referred by the cancer patients. However, the information gathered from the Internet is not always reliable. Therefore, it is important that the health workers should give information to the cancer patient during the treatment process and that they maintain their place as the primer information source for the patients. On the other hand, it sould be kept in mind that the Internet is a frequently referred source of information and thus the patients who are seeking for information on the Internet should be directed to the Internet sources that have reliable contents. The aim of this compilation was to investigate the information sources of the cancer patients.

Keywords

Information resources, Cancer, Health

Kanser Hastalarının Bilgi Kaynakları

Abstract

Kanser hastaları, tedavi konusunda karar vermeleri, fiziksel ve psikolojik ihtiyaçları ile başa çıkmaları için bilgiye ihtiyaç duymaktadır. Doğru bilgiye ulaşılması, tedavi sürecini olumlu yönde etkilemektedir. Kanser hastalarının bilgi edindikleri kaynaklar zaman içinde değişiklik göstermiştir. Hastalar genellikle sağlık çalışanlarından bilgi almak istemekte ve sağlık çalışanlarına güven duymaktadırlar. Ancak son yıllarda bilgi aramak için internet kullanımının arttığı bilinmektedir. Günümüzde internet, hastaların ilk başvurduğu bilgi kaynaklarından biridir. Ancak internet üzerinden alınan bilgiler her zaman doğru olmamaktadır. Bu nedenle sağlık personelinin hastalığın tüm süreçlerinde birincil bilgi kaynağı olarak yerini koruması önemlidir. İnternetin günümüzde sık kullanılan bilgi kaynağı olduğu da unutulmamalı ve internetten bilgi arayan hastalar güvenli bilgi içeriğine sahip internet kaynaklarına yönlendirilmelidir. Bu derlemenin amacı kanser hastalarının kullandıkları bilgi kaynaklarının incelenmesidir.

Keywords

Enformasyon Kaynakları, Kanser, Sağlık

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