Title Psichosocialinių paslaugų onkologiniams ligoniams personalizavimas: Lietuvos ir Anglijos lyginamoji analizė
Translation of Title Personalisation of psychosocial services for cancer patients: a comparative analysis of Lithuania and England.
Authors Dvorak, Jaroslav ; Savickaitė, Samanta
DOI 10.15181/rfds.v23i1.1689
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Is Part of Regional formation and development studies : journal of social sciences.. Klaipėda : Klaipėdos universiteto leidykla. 2018, no. 1 (24), p. 133-144.. ISSN 2029-9370. eISSN 2351-6542
Keywords [eng] personalisation ; psychosocial services ; personalised services for cancer patients
Abstract [eng] The authors discuss, explore and evaluate the national systemic differences between Lithuania and England in the context of personalisation of psychosocial services for cancer patients, highlighting the role of the non-governmental sector organisations. First, there are studied such fields as the conception of personalisation, the implementing qualities, and the role of the non-governmental sector. Next, the authors compare and analyse the background of the two countries’ healthcare systems, the regulation of psychosocial care as (un)favourable conditions for implementing personalised psychosocial services. Finally, based on the practically implemented personalised psychosocial service model’s characteristics in England, there are compared the existing psychosocial care delivery models for cancer patients, and applying the personalisation approach the main similarities and differences are indicated. The research tools used in the article include literature analysis, as well as descriptive and multivariate comparative analysis. Multivariate comparative analysis has proved that England is a leader in terms of personalised psychosocial care delivery model development, while in Lithuania the degree of integration of psychosocial services for cancer patients is low and much more attention has to be paid to individual holistic needs of cancer patients. However, despite the fact that any political discussion on personalisation at the national level has not been detected in Lithuania, some crucial evidence was found which reveal favourable conditions for implementing the personalisation at the local level, namely by involving the third sector organisations. In addition, the authors present a theoretical model of personalised psychosocial care delivery and discuss the roles of the major players.
Published Klaipėda : Klaipėdos universiteto leidykla
Type Journal article
Language Lithuanian
Publication date 2018