The sufferings and self care of hospitalized elderly - ethnography study

Elderly oncological patients are marked by several limitatons and impositions generated by the disease and aging process, which lead them to hospitalization. This is a qualitative research with an ethnographic approach. This study took place at a clinical ward in a reference hospital for cancer trea...

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Main Authors: Fernada Spiel Tuoto, Maria Helena Lenardt, Kriscie Kriscianne Venturi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal Fluminense, Escola de Enfermagem Aurora de Afonso Costa 2009-12-01
Series:Online Brazilian Journal of Nursing
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Online Access:http://www.objnursing.uff.br/index.php/nursing/article/view/2429