The oncologic radiotherapy experience for patients: a poison-drug

Authors

  • Rosani Manfrin Muniz WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing Research Development
  • Marcia Maria Fontão Zago WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing Research Development

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692008000600010

Keywords:

neoplasms, radiotherapy, anthropology, cultural, culture, nursing

Abstract

The study aimed at understanding the patients' experience with oncologic radiotherapy. The anthropological interpretative approach and the ethnographic method guided the investigation. Ten patients took part in the study. They were of both genders, within the age range from 34 to 80 years old and monitored during radiotherapy treatment. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews, participative observation and medical records. The analysis of the respondents' statements allowed for the identification of the units of meaning: The encounter with radiotherapy, the body as a vehicle for radiotherapy action and alternative healthcare practices that relieved the effects of the treatment. We understand that the oncologic radiotherapy experience meant the need to submit to a therapy with a characteristic of a poison-drug, which causes fear, but was necessary, whether the goal was cure or even cancer survival.

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Published

2008-12-01

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 6 (2008)

Section

Original Articles

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How to Cite

The oncologic radiotherapy experience for patients: a poison-drug. (2008). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 16(6), 998-1004. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692008000600010