Breast cancer patients often suffer enormous emotional and physical challenges from undergoing surgery and chemoradiation, adding stress and tensions to families, friends, and their individual well-being. Contemplative practices of meditation and the use of spiritual support may alleviate these problems but they have not yet been studied in Thai Buddhist breast cancer patients. This project is a naturalistic, cross-sectional study investigating how Buddhist meditation affects treatment experiences and outcomes of Thai breast cancer patients.

Advisors: Srinivas Reddy (Contemplative Studies) and Ellen Flynn (Rhode Island Hospital)