Experiência participativa mobilizadora de enfermagem: condições prévias para o autocuidado

Abstract

This study describes a participative experience with people with câncer who were receiving ambulatory assistance in a university hospital in Rio de Janeiro. The purpose was to mobilize the clients in order to achieve the self care and to analyse the trajectory of this mobi1ization. A nursing self care conceptual framework was se- lected as a theoretical support. The case study and the pa£ ticipatory research were adopted, keeping in mind a subsequent qualitative analysis. The result of this study indicate that the metodolo- gy used is viable and acts positively in the criticai conscieii tization of the clients to self care. Ilowever, the misleading approach that has been used in assisting câncer clients repre- sents a relevant impeding question to the effective development of the Client participation in the health process. ■It is suggested that other studies with similarity in focus, applied to other groups in the same situations, be realized, as well as with other client groups in diverse heal- th-sickness situations which, differently from the studied group, iidve little or no information about their real situation.