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Representações sociais de mulheres mastectomizadas e suas implicações para o autocuidado

The purposes of this research was to identify the social representations of women on breast mastectomy and to analyze the implications of these social representations to care for self-care. This is a qualitative study using the Theory of Social Representations as theoretical reference. For data coll...

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Autor principal: SILVA, Sílvio Éder Dias da
Outros Autores: VASCONCELOS, Esleane Vilela, SANTANA, Mary Elizabeth de, RODRIGUES, Ivaneide Leal Ataíde, LEITE, Teodolina Valente, SANTOS, Lucialba Maria Silva dos, SOUSA, Ralrizônia Fernandes, CONCEIÇÃO, Vander Monteiro da, OLIVEIRA, Jackline Leite de, MEIRELES, Wanda do Nascimento
Grau: Artigo
Idioma: por
Publicado em: 2014
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Acesso em linha: http://repositorio.ufpa.br/jspui/handle/2011/5842
Resumo:
The purposes of this research was to identify the social representations of women on breast mastectomy and to analyze the implications of these social representations to care for self-care. This is a qualitative study using the Theory of Social Representations as theoretical reference. For data collection it was employed two techniques: the free association of ideas and observation. For data analysis the thematic analysis was used. The research resulted in two thematic units: the breast and its representations of social change in the body and social representations of women mastectomy: implications for self care. In the study, showed that women objected care of the breasts through the realization of self-examination.