SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS OF ADOLESCENTS ON THE PROCESS OF HAVING CANCER

SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS OF ADOLESCENTS ON THE PROCESS OF HAVING CANCER

Purpose: To describe the social representations of adolescents about the cancer disease process. Method: A descriptive study with a qualitative approach, based on the Theory of Social Representations, conducted with 31 adolescents undergoing cancer treatment in a public hospital in Belém do Pará. Th...

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Published in:Cogitare enfermagem Vol. 24; p. e62807
Main Authors: Marta Solange Camarinha Ramos Costa, Silvio Éder Dias da Silva, Aline Maria Pereira Cruz Ramos, Tatiana Menezes Noronha Panzetti, Mary Elizabeth de Santana
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Paraná 01-12-2019
Subjects:
antimicrobial stewardship
multiple bacterial drug resistance
nurses
professional competence
systematic review
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Summary:Purpose: To describe the social representations of adolescents about the cancer disease process. Method: A descriptive study with a qualitative approach, based on the Theory of Social Representations, conducted with 31 adolescents undergoing cancer treatment in a public hospital in Belém do Pará. The study was performed with individual interviews, submitted to inductive thematic analysis. Results: Three thematic categories were identified: cancer as a psychosocial disease; the experience of falling ill and suffering cancer; and coping with the body changes resulting from the disease. Conclusion: The study contributed to the understanding of the social representations about cancer in adolescence, supporting the nurse in the construction of knowledge with the adolescent with cancer, for a better quality care.
ISSN:1414-8536
2176-9133
DOI:10.5380/ce.v24i0.62807