The sickening process of colostomy patients by cancer

Authors

  • Sônia Ayako Tao Maruyama Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso
  • Márcia Maria Fontão Zago Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692005000200013

Keywords:

colostomy, neoplasms, anthropology, cultural

Abstract

This study aimed to understand how patients with colostomy by cancer and their family members perceive the sickening process. The theoretical and methodological reference frameworks the study was based on were anthropology and ethnography. Data were collected through interviews, in a narrative form, and observations with twelve colostomy patients and five family members, in the period from June 2002 to May 2003. The analysis allowed us to understand that the experience of having a colostomy by cancer is a social-cultural construction.

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Published

2005-04-01

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 2 (2005)

Section

Original Articles

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How to Cite

The sickening process of colostomy patients by cancer. (2005). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 13(2), 216-222. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692005000200013