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Cesnik VM, Vieira EM, Giami A, Almeida AMD, Santos DB, Santos MAD. The sexual life of women with breast cancer: meanings attributed to the diagnosis and its impact on sexuality. ESTUDOS DE PSICOLOGIA (CAMPINAS) 2013. [DOI: 10.1590/s0103-166x2013000200005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Breast cancer is the main neoplasm which affects women. It brings emotional problems in addition to physical and social problems due to affecting a bodily symbol of femininity. The aim of this study was to investigate the sexual life of women with breast cancer in the first year after the surgical procedure, seeking the meanings they attributed to the diagnosis and its repercussions on sexuality. Ten women who participated in a rehabilitation program were interviewed. In addition to the face to face interview their medical record were analyzed. Two categories emerged from the thematic analysis highlighting the negative and the positive impacts of this disease on the sexual life. This variety of meanings encountered shows that there no single pattern of sexual life after breast cancer. The way each woman reacts to the disease makes the way she experiences her sexuality unique. It follows that issues of sexuality must be incorporated in interventions offered in the context of care for these women.
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, France
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Ambrósio DCM, Santos MAD. Vivências de familiares de mulheres com câncer de mama: uma compreensão fenomenológica. PSICOLOGIA: TEORIA E PESQUISA 2011. [DOI: 10.1590/s0102-37722011000400011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Este estudo teve por objetivo compreender a vivência de familiares de mulheres acometidas pelo câncer de mama em relação à possibilidade de morte, considerando-se o estigma de doença fatal que envolve a doença. Participaram sete filhos, quatro maridos, uma nora e um entrevistado na dupla condição de genro e marido. Foram realizadas entrevistas individuais, ancoradas no referencial fenomenológico, seguindo a questão norteadora: "Como foi, para você, ter um familiar com câncer de mama?". Os resultados demonstraram que a consciência da mortalidade da ente querida se aguça para os familiares, que se percebem como seres-para-a-morte e sentem a necessidade de serem-com-um-profissional-especializado, o que sugere a importância de estender os cuidados à unidade familiar.
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