Women's experiences and care practices in the cancer treatment process

This article seeks to understand the viewpoint of cancer patients about the disease process and the therapeutic procedures that they experience. Cancer treatments provoke a series of physical and emotional consequences in patients. Thus, patients undergo a restructuring of life and establish mechani...

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Published in:Ciência & saude coletiva 2015-07, Vol.20 (7), p.2211-2220
Main Authors: Oliveira, Pricilla Emmanuelly, Guimarães, Sílvia Maria Ferreira
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Subjects:
Anthropology, Cultural
Brazil
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Neoplasms - psychology
Neoplasms - therapy
Self Care
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Summary:This article seeks to understand the viewpoint of cancer patients about the disease process and the therapeutic procedures that they experience. Cancer treatments provoke a series of physical and emotional consequences in patients. Thus, patients undergo a restructuring of life and establish mechanisms to "take care of themselves." The methodology used was an ethnographic approach through interviews, field notes and participant observation. The ethnographic approach revealed how these women being given conventional treatment in a given hospital create shared care technologies based on sociability.
ISSN:1678-4561
DOI:10.1590/1413-81232015207.18022014