Aspectos culturais de mulheres com câncer de mama vivenciando a quimioterapia

Abstract

'I'he present study has as objective to understand the vívencíaí experience the chemotherapy in the daily of the woman mastectomized through the quaíítative study, it v/as looked for to understand the phenomenon appeared in the speeches. '1'he coiíecíion of data was obtained by means of direct observation and glimpses with 08 women mastectomized in treatment quimioterapic users of the Institute of Cancer of Ceará (ICC), Íocated m Fortaleza, in the period of July and August of'2üü3. '1'he analysis of the data was built with the creation of the cultural domains: facing the treatment, facing the prejudice and facing the search of the cure. We foÍÍowed some phases of the method proposed by Spradiey and embasamented of author's etnografícs. Aíier the interpretation of the women intep>.de\\'ee's speeches, it was observed that these accepted the chemotherapy (Q'l) as continuity treannent for the cancer of breast,, for they believe in the importance that this has. Placing the prejudice sideways, the women expressed the expectation of looking for the cure after the end of the sessions of Q l. We arrived at the end of' this study believing in the importance of this for the professiona! practice, because we sougin to look for an attendance of nursing more humanized, taking in consiçíeratíon aspects not only bioíogicaí, but aiso saciai, cuínirai and you move of each íncíívidual.