Experience of breast cancer diagnosis and radical mastectomy: a phenomenological study

This qualitative study, based on the phenomenological method, and that had as object the perception of the body by mastectomized woman. It aimed to comprehend the surgical impact on the perception of the own body and in the relationship of this with other people. It was accomplished in two instituti...

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Main Authors: Rosana Freitas Azevedo, Regina Lúcia Mendonça Lopes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal Fluminense, Escola de Enfermagem Aurora de Afonso Costa 2006-04-01
Series:Online Brazilian Journal of Nursing
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Online Access:http://www.objnursing.uff.br/index.php/nursing/article/view/137