Oliveira RAAD, Zago MMF, Thorne SE. Interaction between professionals and cancer survivors in the context of Brazilian and Canadian care.
Rev Lat Am Enfermagem 2017;
25:e2972. [PMID:
29267543 PMCID:
PMC5738956 DOI:
10.1590/1518-8345.2253.2972]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2017] [Accepted: 10/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Objective:
analyze cancer survivors’ reports about their communication with health
professional team members and describe the similarities and differences in
interactional patterns between Brazilian and Canadian health care contexts.
Method:
This study adopted a qualitative health research approach to secondary analysis,
using interpretive description as the methodology, allowing us to elaborate a new
research question and look at the primary data from a different perspective. There
were in total eighteen participants; all of them were adults and elderly diagnosed
with urologic cancer. After being organized and read, the data sets were
classified into categories, and an analytic process was performed through
inductive thematic analysis.
Results:
This resulted in three categories of findings which we have framed as:
Communication between professional and survivor; The symptoms, the doubts, the
questions; and Actions and reaction.
Conclusion:
This comparative study allowed us to bring to the attention of health
professionals, especially nurses, findings regarding effective communication,
humanization and empathy, supporting both inside and outside support groups,
giving pieces of advice, and advocating for the survivor as is necessary. The
study also showed the importance of self-development of these professionals as
they fight for better quality in the health system for their patients.
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