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THE ROLE OF SUNDANESE LANGUAGE IN THERAPEUTIC COMMUNICATIONAT THE ONCOLOGY CLINIC RSHS
The Sundanese language is a local language that has been used by the majority of
Indonesians as their daily language. It is the second most widely spoken language after the
Javanese language. It is, therefore, not surprising that the Sundanese is used in many types
of business including medical institutions directly in touch with society. When doctors and
nurses are taking care of patients in a particular ethnic group such as the Sundanese, they
may need to master the language so that they are better able to communicate with the
patients. Psychologically, the patients may feel less anxious as the doctors are explaning
their illness or recovery process in their indigenous language. The use of the language can
also be one of the palpable efforts that exhilarates the patients’ spirit of life. As later shown,
some researches have proven that patients prefer to go to particular hospitals not only
because of the medical apparatus they are provided with, or the less distance they have to
travel, but also because of the luxurious cultural services they experience. This luxury is
the therapeutic communication which takes advantages of the Sundanese language.
Therapeutic communication is a type of language transmissions that promotes patients’
healing process. It is a process employed by doctors, nurses, and medical staff requiring
an approach planned consciously focusing on the patients’ recovery. To overcome
therapeutic communication’s obstacles, the staff need to be ready to reveal their strong
emotional feelings towards the patients in an appropriate context. Therefore, the staf must
have adequate knowledge regarding this face-to-face process of interacting that focuses on
advancing the physical and emotional well-being of the patients