Phenomenology of Depression of Cancer-Improved Patients and Reaching to Philosophy - therapy as a caring approach

• Main Authors: Behnaz Sadeghzadeh Oskouei, Mahmoud Sufiani, Esmat mehrabi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: University of Tabriz 2019-08-01
• Series: Philosophical Investigations
• Subjects: Cancer; depression; Phenomenology; Philosophy Therapy; Fundamental existential situation
• Online Access: https://philosophy.tabrizu.ac.ir/article_9243_46e56083993d74b084374847f1647dcc.pdf

Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the world. The characteristics of resistance to treatment and its rapid progress are the high mortality rate reasons. Patients who have been diagnosed with the disease are losing their self-awareness, which itself has a negative effect on the treatment process. However, it seems that such patients need to be considered on depressive disorders even after complete treatment of cancer. After receiving the bad news of cancer; patient, his/her family, be anxious. They initiate the patient's support until the end of the treatment period, without attention to such sudden support's adverse effects. The aim of the present study is to survey of cancer treatment and care's phenomenological and descriptive situations of the philosophy of medicine and psychology point of view. Post- disease disorder has a fundamental relationship with this fundamental situation.