From Omnipotence to Exhaustion: The Perspectives of Adolescents in Drug Therapy

Autor(es)

Lombardo, Mariela Santos ; Popim, Regina Celia ; Suman, Antonia Leonilda

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: REVISTA LATINO-AMERICANA DE ENFERMAGEM; v. 19, n. 3, p. 9-pg., 2011-05-01.

Resumo

This study aimed at understanding the meaning of chemotherapeutic treatment for adolescents with cancer. It is a qualitative study using Alfred Schutz's social phenomenology as a framework. Seven adolescents were interviewed. Four themes emerged from the analysis of their discourses: Impact of the disease on their lives; The discomfort of treatment; Coping strategies and Projection to the future without the disease. The statements of the adolescents revealed that the experience with the chemotherapeutic treatment affects several possibilities of being-in-the-world-with-the-others. The healthcare team plays a fundamental role in the lives of these adolescents, and this relationship goes beyond the scientific level. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 08/57666-2 - Da onipotencia ao desgaste: as perspectivas do adolescente com cancer
• Beneficiário: Mariela Santos Lombardo
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Iniciação Científica