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- Title
Percepção de mulheres com câncer de mama em quimioterapia: uma análise compreensiva.
- Authors
Barros de Medeiros, Marlise; Rosa Andrade Silva, Rose Mary Costa; Ramos Pereira, Eliane; da Silva Melo, Sérgio Henrique; Lopes Joaquim, Fabiana; Marques dos Santos, Bianca; Pinto Goés, Ticiane Roberta
- Abstract
Objective: To comprehensively analyze the perception of women with breast cancer on the experience of undergoing chemotherapy. Method: This was a qualitative, descriptive, phenomenological study, supported by the Merleau-Ponty philosophy. It was conducted in a chemotherapy outpatient clinic with 20 participants who completed a phenomenological interview. Results: The phenomenological data analysis demonstrated that the perception of women about the experience of chemotherapy is about change, not only of the physical body, but of their identity, and that it considers existential aspects. Three categories emerged from the experience of alopecia, fatigue, and spirituality, respectively: the body itself, the current and habitual body, and transcendence. Final considerations: Bodily changes, and the existential implications perceived by the women in this study, analyzed from the Merleau-Ponty perspective, makes it possible to consider body concept, and provides support for humanized care based on singularity and the socio-cultural context.
- Subjects
ANTINEOPLASTIC agents; BREAST tumors; CANCER chemotherapy; CANCER patient psychology; CANCER treatment; INTERVIEWING; PHENOMENOLOGY; RESEARCH methodology; PHILOSOPHY of nursing; WOMEN'S health; QUALITATIVE research; WELL-being; SPECIALTY hospitals; PATIENTS' attitudes
- Publication
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2019, Vol 72, p110
- ISSN
0034-7167
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0165