Text in Afrikaans / Indigenous literature about the experience of a couple, where one of the spouses experiences a spinal cord injury, is scarce in the frame of social work. The experience of 5 couples (10 participants), after a spinal cord injury of one of the spouses was researched in this qualitative study.
The aim of this research study is:
• to reconnoiter participants’ experience of a spinal cord injury of a spouse, through semi-structured interviews with a purposeful chosen sample
• to subject the research findings to a literature control
• to make recommendations about how spouses can support each other, as well as how professional people can support client systems, where one of the spouses experience a spinal cord injury
From the data it was determined that a spinal cord injury had significantly influenced the couples:
- emotions
- needs
- perceptions (origination of experiences)
Recommendations to couples as well as to professional people have been made. / Social Work / Thesis (M. Diac.)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/3169 |
| Date | 30 November 2008 |
| Creators | Steyn, Yolinda |
| Contributors | Keet, N.J. (Me.) |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation |
| Format | 1 online resource (viii, 133 leaves.) |
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