Social representations of illness among people with chronic kidney disease

OBJECTIVE: To describe the social representations of illness among people with chronic kidney disease undergoing haemodialysis. METHOD: Descriptive, qualitative research, anchored on the social representations theory. This study was conducted in the municipality of Ponta Grossa, Paraná State, Brazil...

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Main Authors: Caroline Gonçalves Pustiglione Campos, Maria de Fátima Mantovani, Maria Elisa Brum do Nascimento, Cristiam Carla Cassi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Series:Revista Gaúcha de Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1983-14472015000200106&lng=en&tlng=en