A japanese woman going through cervical uterine cancer: a case study with the social phenomenology approach

Abstract

This is the study of the experience of a Japanese woman with cervical uterine cancer carried out in a hospital in the city of Osaka, Japan, using Alfred Schütz's "case study" with the Social Phenomenology approach. The aim was to grasp the meaning of the disease and of hospitalization for this woman, and to try to understand the reasoning around her action. Through the analysis of the data, it was possible to understand that the hospitalization process has to be seen respecting, in addition to individual characteristics, the cultural world, which remits us to human actions and is an important influence on the behavior and attitude regarding the disease and hospitalization.