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Social Support in Health Communication: Communication Between Cancer Patients and Their Relatives

Cilt: 19 Sayı: 1 15 Nisan 2026
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Social Support in Health Communication: Communication Between Cancer Patients and Their Relatives

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Cancer is an increasingly prevalent health problem that affects many people (either as patients or their relatives). Cancer patients face challenges not only with treatment and coping with the disease, but also with communicating with their relatives. Therefore, how to communicate with cancer patients and understanding their expectations are important factors influencing the disease process. The study grounded in social support theory and it was aimed to understand the problems, feelings, expectations of cancer patients in their communication with primary social support groups in the context of health communication. A review of the literature reveals, it was observed that the majority of studies were about the patient-physician relationship and the relatives of cancer patients or caregivers of cancer patients. However, cancer affects the patient more than anyone else in the process of diagnosis, treatment and recovery. It is thought that it is more important to reveal what the patients who faces death feels, what their thinks, how words and behaviors affect them, and what their expectations are from the communication with the patient's relatives. In this context, semi-structured interviews were conducted using interview techniques with cancer patients who had been diagnosed with cancer and were either still undergoing treatment or had completed their treatment. The interview data were analyzed using content analysis and divided into categories-codes to obtain an in-depth insight. According to the research, it can be stated that cancer patients need to empathetic communication with their relatives and require emotional and instrumental support from their relatives.

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

İletişim ve Medya Çalışmaları (Diğer)

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

15 Nisan 2026

Gönderilme Tarihi

24 Ekim 2025

Kabul Tarihi

12 Şubat 2026

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2026 Cilt: 19 Sayı: 1

Kaynak Göster

APA
Sarıtaş, A. (2026). Social Support in Health Communication: Communication Between Cancer Patients and Their Relatives. Selçuk İletişim, 19(1), 456-485. https://doi.org/10.18094/josc.1805951
AMA
1.Sarıtaş A. Social Support in Health Communication: Communication Between Cancer Patients and Their Relatives. Selçuk İletişim. 2026;19(1):456-485. doi:10.18094/josc.1805951
Chicago
Sarıtaş, Ayşe. 2026. “Social Support in Health Communication: Communication Between Cancer Patients and Their Relatives”. Selçuk İletişim 19 (1): 456-85. https://doi.org/10.18094/josc.1805951.
EndNote
Sarıtaş A (01 Nisan 2026) Social Support in Health Communication: Communication Between Cancer Patients and Their Relatives. Selçuk İletişim 19 1 456–485.
IEEE
[1]A. Sarıtaş, “Social Support in Health Communication: Communication Between Cancer Patients and Their Relatives”, Selçuk İletişim, c. 19, sy 1, ss. 456–485, Nis. 2026, doi: 10.18094/josc.1805951.
ISNAD
Sarıtaş, Ayşe. “Social Support in Health Communication: Communication Between Cancer Patients and Their Relatives”. Selçuk İletişim 19/1 (01 Nisan 2026): 456-485. https://doi.org/10.18094/josc.1805951.
JAMA
1.Sarıtaş A. Social Support in Health Communication: Communication Between Cancer Patients and Their Relatives. Selçuk İletişim. 2026;19:456–485.
MLA
Sarıtaş, Ayşe. “Social Support in Health Communication: Communication Between Cancer Patients and Their Relatives”. Selçuk İletişim, c. 19, sy 1, Nisan 2026, ss. 456-85, doi:10.18094/josc.1805951.
Vancouver
1.Ayşe Sarıtaş. Social Support in Health Communication: Communication Between Cancer Patients and Their Relatives. Selçuk İletişim. 01 Nisan 2026;19(1):456-85. doi:10.18094/josc.1805951