CONSTRUCTING THE MEANING OF DISEASE RECURRENCE: THE EXPERIENCE OF WOMEN WITH BREAST CANCER

Authors

  • Ana Maria de Almeida Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto
  • Marli Villela Mamede Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto
  • Marislei Sanches Panobianco Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto
  • Maria Antonieta Spinoso Prado Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto
  • Maria José Clapis Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692001000500010

Keywords:

breast cancer, recurrence, uncertainty

Abstract

Regarding recurrence as a possibility in the lives of women with breast cancer, this work aimed at identifying how they construct the meaning of such possibility from their own existence. The study was based on the conceptions of symbolic interactionism and the content analysis of interviews with 12 mastectomized women was used. The possibility of recurrence was present in the lives of the women under study. It was configured by the uncertainty that they experienced and represented in the thematic units identified in their accounts when they stated to be "living with a stigmatizing disease", "experiencing a negative feeling" and "facing prejudice".

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Published

2001-09-01

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 5 (2001)

Section

Original Articles

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How to Cite

CONSTRUCTING THE MEANING OF DISEASE RECURRENCE: THE EXPERIENCE OF WOMEN WITH BREAST CANCER. (2001). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 9(5), 63-69. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692001000500010