Qualitative insights into employment challenges faced by cancer patients and caregivers in a limited-resource country
Cancer patients and caregivers in Jordan experience substantial employment vulnerability shaped by inadequate leave policies, stigma, financial strain, and a lack of accommodations. Policy reforms: including extended medical leave, anti-discrimination protections, statutory caregiver leave, flexible work arrangements, and strengthened income-support mechanisms, are essential to improving the employment sustainability and wellbeing of cancer-affected households.
Authors
- Maysa A. Al-Hussaini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6392-150X)
- Omar Shamieh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3635-8624)
- Nour Ali Obeidat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2827-6872)
- Hikmat Abdel‐Razeq (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2833-6051)
- Razan Mansour (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7719-9068)
- Nisreen Qatamish
- Asem Mansour
- Bayan Altalla'
- Rana Ghafary
- Amal Al-Omari
Institutions
- King Hussein Cancer Center (JO)
- University of Kansas Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Psychology
- Published
- 2026-01-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1714566
- Primary Topic
- Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00