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- Title
Spirituality and religion as resources for confronting breast cancer.
- Authors
Santos Ribeiro, Gabriella; Soares Campos, Cristiane; Yokoyama dos Anjos, Anna Claudia
- Abstract
Objectives: This study's goal has been to describe and understand how a patient used religion and spirituality as resources to confront breast cancer. Methods: This is a descriptive study with a both qualitative and ethnographic case approach, which applied the theoretical background of Medical Anthropology. Data collection was carried out by means of semi-structured interviews and observation. Results: The patient's religiousness and spirituality had great importance in dealing with breast cancer and the repercussions of the treatment, being evidenced by praying, having faith, and attending a church. Conclusions: Spirituality and religiosity are widely used among cancer patients, giving new meaning to the experience of facing this disease and treatment, changing the way how people see their trajectory, promoting less emotional damage and more relief in difficult and stressful situations. It is important that nurses, from their graduation, look at the individual as a biopsychosocial-spiritual being, seeking to understand its dimensions and provide them with a better well-being.
- Subjects
BREAST tumors; ONCOLOGY nursing; CANCER patient psychology; INTERVIEWING; RESEARCH methodology; NURSES; PRAYER; RELIGION; SPIRITUALITY; STRESS management; WOMEN'S health; ETHNOLOGY research; QUALITATIVE research; OCCUPATIONAL roles; SOCIAL support; WELL-being; PATIENTS' attitudes; CANCER &; psychology
- Publication
Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental, 2019, Vol 11, Issue 4, p849
- ISSN
1809-6107
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.9789/2175-5361.2019.v11i4.849-856