Experiences of pain among Palestinian advanced cancer patients

A socio-cultural reading of reports from the Israeli occupied West Bank

Bibliographic Data

ID15519138
AuthorsRita Giacaman (0000-0002-7219-134X, Birzeit University, corresponding author), Weeam Hammoudeh (0000-0001-9733-3087, Birzeit University), Suzan Mitwalli (Birzeit University), Abdullatif Husseini (0000-0001-8767-5956, Birzeit University), Richard Harding (0000-0002-3839-9366)
Year2025
Volume16
Pages1536839-1536839
Publication date2025-04-23
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFrontiers in Psychiatry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1664-0640 • E-ISSN: 1664-0640
PublisherFrontiers Media (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1536839
PMID40336704
OpenAlexW4409710544
LanguageEN
References cited56

This social support/social solidarity, is generally regarded as a wajib (واجب), or obligation and duty people must fulfill and cannot be neglected. Dependence on God ( Allah ) and Tawwakul , that is, the reliance on Allah , which they drew upon for support and endurance, was also emphasized. The notion of Tawwakul and reliance on Allah is of particular importance in assisting patients and their families in coming to terms with their sickness and pain, and in confronting death, as revealed by our participants. However, the incorrect interpretation of Tawwakul as fatalism is rooted in colonial and racial perspectives, and needs to be addressed and undone in the process of decolonizing knowledge production

Ancient history · Cancer · Cancer pain · Palestine · Political science · Psychiatry · Reading (process · West bank · Empathy and Medical Education · History · Medicine · Pain Management and Opioid Use · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Psychology · Internal Medicine