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- Title
Symbolic effects capitalized by nurses from the National Institute of Cancer in Brazil (1980 - 1990)
- Authors
Freres de Souza, Maria Cristina; da Conceição Soares Martins, Gizele; de Almeida Peres, Maria Angélica; Lisboa da Silveira Fortes, Fabíola; de Almeida Filho, Antonio José
- Abstract
Objective: to describe the strategies of nurses in the National Institute of Cancer to disseminate its scientifi c capital and discuss the symbolic effects capitalized in the fi eld of oncology in the 1980s. Method: historical social studies, with primary sources consisting of written documents and oral reports, and as secondary sources, articles and books on the subject, based on the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu’s concepts of scientifi c capital and habitus. Results: it revealed the effective performance of nurses in this Institute on policies of cancer prevention and control and strategies used in the teaching of oncology nursing at the undergraduate level. In conclusion, nursing stands out in this context, through the dissemination of its scientifi c knowledge, as a participant in the construction of a scientifi c fi eld of oncology nursing in Brazil, highlighting the occupation of important social areas.
- Publication
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2015, Vol 68, Issue 2, p258
- ISSN
0034-7167
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1590/0034-7167.2015680214i