Rev. latinoam. enferm. (Online); 26 (), 2018

ABSTRACT Purpose: to describe the meanings that patients attribute to the term cancer survivor and to analyze the identities assumed by them according to their experience with the disease. Methods: qualitative study with a narrative method, theoretical framework of the medical anthropology and identity...

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Rev. latinoam. enferm. (Online); 25 (), 2017

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 app...

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Rev. latinoam. enferm. (Online); 25 (), 2017

ABSTRACT Objective: to identify, analyze and synthesize the father's experience in care for a hospitalized child from results of primary qualitative studies. Method: this is a qualitative meta-synthesis through which 12 articles were analyzed, selected in the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Heal...

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Rev. latinoam. enferm. (Online); 23 (3), 2015

this study's aim was to interpret the meanings assigned to quality of life by patients with colorectal cancer undergoing chemotherapy.

the ethnographic method and the medical anthropology theoretical framework were used. Data were ...

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