Ministry research project (D. Min.)--Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2004. / Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctor of Ministry Degree. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 184-188).

Thesis (M. Div.)--St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, Crestwood, N.Y., 2003. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 77-83).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Emmanuel School of Religion, 2007. / Includes vita. Description based on Microfiche version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 176-177).

Thesis (PhD.)--State University of New York, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M. Div.)--St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, Crestwood, N.Y., 2003. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 77-83).

M.A. / Die pasiënt wat met ‘n terminale siekte gediagnoseer word, kan nie in isolasie sinvol in kliniese intervensie betrek word nie. Die ontstellende impak van ‘n terminale diagnose kring noodwendig uit om die betekenisvolle ander in die lewe van die pasient te omvou. Dit is dus noodsaaklik om die terminale situasie met inbegrip van alle relevante rolspelers en hulle gepaardgaande psigososiale behoeftes te benader. ‘n In-diepte begrip van die omvang en inhoud van die psigososiale behoeftestruktuur van betekenisvolle ander sal dus daadwerklik bydra tot die ontwikkeling van ‘n omvattende professionele benadering in relevante diensleweringsfokus in die veld van terminale sorg. Die studie het as oorhoofse doel, ‘n bepaling van die psigososiale behoeftes van betekenisvolle ander in die lewe van die terminale pasiënt. Die tradisionele intervensie-benadering fokus hoofsaaklik op die pasiënt as primêre bron van dienslewering, terwyl die behoeftes van betekenisvolle ander ‘n sekondêre rol inneem. Met inagneming van die feit dat betekenisvolle ander dikwels self die intervensie-fokus verskuif deur bewustelike onderdrukking van persoonlike behoeftes, word die huidige wanbalans in intervensiefokus dus deur die ander rolspelers self instand gehou. ‘n Ongebalanseerde benadering sal dus die instandhouding van onderdrukte behoeftes by betekenisvolle ander onderskryf, en bydra tot die uiteindelike maatskaplike funksioneringsproblematiek wat deur die verloop van die terminale fase die aandag van die maatskaplikewerk praktisyn indringend vereis. ‘n Wegskuiwing vanaf die behoeftefokus van betekenisvolle ander, dra dus direk by tot toekomstige problematiese funksionering, beide in die terminale fase en gedurende die aktiewe rouproses. ‘n Kombinasie van die kwalitatiewe en kwantitatiewe navorsingsbenadering is in hierdie studie aangewend. Vir die doeleindes van kwalitatiewe navorsing is gebruik gemaak van semi-gestruktureerde in-diepte onderhoudsvoering. Die kwantitatiewe element van die studie is ondervang deur ‘n vraelys. Die insameling en verwerking van die data het ten doel om riglyne daar te stel, ten einde die maatskaplike werker in die praktyk voldoende toe te rus met ‘n omvattende begrip van die behoeftestrukture van betekenisvolle ander persone in die terminale situasie. Sodoende word ten doel gestel om professionele kliniese intervensie te rig tot die totale sisteem waarvan die pasiënt ‘n deel vorm. Die navorser is van mening dat die inkorporering van alle behoeftestrukture in die terminale situasie die bydrae van die maatskaplikewerk professie met betrekking tot terminale sorg sal verdiep, en dat die studie sal lei tot die ontwikkeling van ‘n maatskaplikewerk perspektief op ‘n gebied wat tot dusver relatief min aandag ontvang het. Die navorser poog om deur middel van die ontwikkeling van professionele riglyne, die weg te baan tot die uiteindelike daarstelling van ‘n omvattende, sisteem-georiënteerde model van kliniese intervensie in die uitdagende veld van terminale sorg. / none

A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree: PhD (Community Psychology) in the Department of Psychology Faculty of Arts, University of Zululand, 2003. / Caring for an ill person, especially a terminally ill person can be a rewarding yet equally stressful experience. An organisation of carers (mutual-aid group) provides a support system responsive to the special problems of carers, including discussion groups, which are responsive to the inadequacies in the ongoing lives of carers, in promoting mental health. Mutual-aid groups fall within the social action model of community psychology, which aims to promote personal empowerment, defined as the process of gaining influence over events and outcomes of importance to an individual or group. This model is a shift in intervention from prevention to empowerment and from needs to rights. Mutual aid groups are built around such values as co-operation, shared experience, personal responsibility and mutual help in the achievement of a common end. The present study was in line with the aims of health promotion at a tertiary level, which are to improve solutions for living and increase health, strength, skill and human rights for carers of the terminally ill, in very empowering contexts. The present research followed up on the recommendations by Dhlomo (2000) that more groups catering for the caretakers of people labeled as abnormal should be formed to promote health at a tertiary level. The aims of this thesis were to elicit needs from a group of carers of the terminally-ill, form and evaluate an ongoing mutual-aid group program and especially promote the variables of empowerment and carer effectiveness. It was hypothesised that this mutual-aid group program for carers of the terminally-ill persons would result in improvement of the above-mentioned variables. Eleven carers committed themselves to be available for the mutual aid group. In line with the social action model, this was a participatory, action research, program-evaluation type of design, where co-researchers (carers) jointly defined the aims of their group, themes to be discussed and the meanings of such variables as empowerment and carer-effectiveness. Psychological techniques used in the present study included a biographical inventory, needs analysis questionnaire, power maps, carer effectiveness rating scale and program evaluation interview guide. The participants pre- and post- tested themselves on the variables of empowerment and carer-effectiveness. The group ran for a contracted period of six weeks and the members met twice each week. The study realised its aims and research hypotheses. The research encouraged voluntary community participation. It operated on the principle of non-coerciveness, non-hierarchy, decentralisation, spontaneous leadership and it took into account members' psychological issues. From sessions themes which were presented and analysed, it was evident that the study yielded positive results. It led to participants feeling confident and effective in their role of caring. Participants were empowered in that they were involved in the designing of the program, leading sessions and gaining influence over events and outcomes of importance to them. The mutual-aid group program empowered participants to be able to empower other carers, as most of the participants in the present research committed themselves to starting more groups of the same kind. In that way, they will be cascading the skills and knowledge they gained from the group. / NRF

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