Sentences with phrase «unnecessary guilt and shame»

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For example, Chinese caregivers displayed a tendency for collective decision - making regarding important decisions, adopted a fatalistic explanation for the care recipients» illness, experienced a sense of guilt and shame, 16, 17 and had reservations in expressing their feelings to avoid placing unnecessary burden on other family members.16, 18 Familial obligation to care for the family member with cancer was also emphasised.19 Distress was often experienced in terms of physical symptoms, and emotional coping involved the strategy of endurance.17 Since these culturally derived attitudes and perceptions frame the caregiving experience, interventions that are culturally sensitive, patient - centred and theoretically motivated have been advocated.20