Emotional Journey of Breast Cancer Patients: A Nominal Group Technique Analysis
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This study explores the emotional acceptance process of breast cancer patients in Malaysia using the Nominal Group Technique (NGT) to understand and support patients' emotional journeys from diagnosis through treatment. The study categorizes and rates five stages of emotional acceptance: behavioral acceptance, non-acceptance, willingness-to-accept, passive acceptance, and transcendence-of-acceptance, using a sample of 11 breast cancer survivors. The results show a non-linear route to emotional acceptance, with the participants reaching the greatest consensus at the transcendence-of-acceptance level. In addition to potentially guiding more effective support treatments. This research provides a comprehensive knowledge of emotional acceptance in breast cancer patients.
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