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Relação entre espiritualidade e câncer: perspectiva do paciente

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: to understand the relationship between spirituality and cancer under cancer patients' perspective. METHOD: qualitative study, with the participating of fourteen cancer patients under chemotherapy treatment and analyzed according to inductive thematic content analysis. RESULTS: reports were organized into three categories: cancer diagnosis, faith for coping to the cancer, the search for cancer cure. It was understood that cancer patients search spirituality as a way to cope with the disease, aiming to minimize their suffering or obtaining a higher hope of cure with treatment. FINAL CONSIDERATION: the central theme "cancer frightens and spirituality renews" shows the importance of recognizing spirituality as a coping strategy in planning care to cancer patients.

Source: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem

DOI: 10.1590/s0034-71672011000100008

Authors: Giselle Patrícia Guerrero, Márcia Maria Fontão Zago, Namie Okino Sawada, Maria Helena Pinto

Institutions: Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto, Universidade de São Paulo

Language: Portuguese

Topic: Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology

Subfield: Health

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $247