Mostafa Shaban

Patient Experiences of Access, Stigma, and Trust and Preferences for Non-Opioid Drug Delivery Systems in Chronic Pain Management

Background/Objectives: Chronic pain is common in Saudi Arabia, where opioid analgesics are prescribed and dispensed within a tightly regulated, electronically monitored controlled-substance framework. Qualitative evidence on how patients experience restrictive access comes almost...

Writing the Unspeakable: Breast Cancer Survivors’ Experiences of Expressive Writing as Psychosocial Support

Objectives To explore breast cancer survivors' experiences of facilitated expressive writing as psychosocial support in Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia, and to understand how writing contributed to emotional processing, identity reconstruction, social reconnection, and meaning-making. Data...