The act of taking care in the dying process from the pespective of women with cancer: a phenomenological attitude

Authors

  • Mara Villas Boas de Carvalho Centro Universitário Fundação de Ensino Octávio Bastos
  • Miriam Aparecida Barbosa Merighi Escola de Enfermagem; Universidade de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692005000600006

Keywords:

oncologic nursing, nursing care

Abstract

The trajectory of this study was focused on understanding the meaning of taking care of women with cancer, without any possibilities of cure, through their perspective. With this proposal, we chose to carry out a qualitative survey, according to a phenomenological approach, based on these directive questions: "Tell me how I can take care of you. How would you like to be taken care of?" The descriptions evidenced the ontological unifications that were analyzed and interpreted according to Martin Heidegger's reference framework. These unifications made it possible to reveal ways for the act of taking care in the dying process that go beyond technical-scientific knowledge, because taking care also involves empathy, listening, patience, zeal, pain control and autonomy. Based on these women's point of view, we could reach the sense of being a person with cancer in the dying process, not as something finished, but as a person with possibilities, in spite of facing the factual situation of living with the existential end.

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Published

2005-12-01

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 6 (2005)

Section

Original Articles

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How to Cite

The act of taking care in the dying process from the pespective of women with cancer: a phenomenological attitude. (2005). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 13(6), 951-959. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692005000600006