Browsing Unisa ETD by Subject "Patients"

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The different voices of chronic illness

Viviers, Linde Juana (2009-08-25)

This study aimed at exploring chronic illness from both the perspectives of the patient, living with the illness and the professional, treating the illness. The epistemological framework is social constructionism. ...
The emotional experiences of patients following removal of the eye (enucleation or evisceration)

Tlale, Rose-Mercy Dikeledi (2007-06)

There is a growing recognition that removal of an eye may cause a significant impact on a person's body image and her or his role in society; and may evoke a variety of emotional responses. The loss of an eye does not only ...
An evaluation of the use of an e-learning platform in complementing Xhosa language teaching and learning as an additional language

Khoury, Leandra Ruth (2015-09)

Within medical facilities in South Africa, including the Western Cape, language barriers often exist between healthcare professionals and their patients. This can cause a barrier to efficient patient treatment. In order ...
The experience of enrolled nurses caring for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients in KwaZulu-Natal

Arjun, Sitha Devi (2011-11)

The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the personal experiences of enrolled nurses while caring for patients infected with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in an urban tuberculosis hospital ...
Factors influencing patients' demand for x-ray examinations in rural Kwa-Zulu Natal

Mungomba, Bernard (2011-02)

The focus of this study was on the problem of unwarranted demand for radiological imaging by patients in rural KZN of South Africa. Literature in the context of this topic is scarce. Consequently the aim of this study was ...
Factors that contributed to contraction of tuberculosis among the newly diagnosed tuberculosis patients in Katutura Tuberculosis State Hospital

Robert, Kopano (2016-11)

The purpose of this study was to explore the factors that contributed to the contraction of Tuberculosis (TB) amongst the patients who were newly diagnosed with TB at Katutura TB state hospital Windhoek, Namibia. Quantitative, ...
An investigation of informed consent in clinical practice in South Africa

Chima, Sylvester Chidi (2018-02)

This study was designed to evaluate the quality of informed consent practiced by healthcare professionals in South Africa using an empirical quantitative methodology combined with medicolegal analysis to produce an ...
Knowledge of tuberculosis patients about their disease in Tshwane, South Africa

Adekanmbi, Motunrayo Helen (2015-02)

The purpose of the study was to investigate the knowledge of TB patients receiving TB treatment at a clinic in Tshwane regarding the condition and their treatment. A descriptive cross-sectional survey was conducted. Data ...
Meaning centred equine assisted psychotherapy as a complementary technique of logotherapy in the treatment of psychiatric disorders

Robertson, Dorothy Ann (2023-08)

The study undertook to describe how using equine assisted psychotherapy as a technique of logotherapy could support those who have been diagnosed and placed in a long-term care facility with a psychiatric disorder to find ...
The perception of community members of the quality of care rendered in Limpopo, in terms of the Batho Pele principles

Legodi , Elizabeth Mmalehu (2009-08-25)

The purpose of the study was to describe and explore the provision of quality care in the primary health care clinics of Limpopo within the framework of the Batho Pele principles' service standards by determining the level ...
Problems in providing primary health care services : Limpopo Province

Baloyi, Lynette Fanisa (2009-11)

A quantitative, descriptive, explorative design was applied to study the problems that hindered the Primary Health Care (PHC) nurses in rendering quality health care in the health facilities in Limpopo province South Africa. ...

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