Living with digestive stomas: strategies to cope with the new bodily reality

Living with digestive stomas: strategies to cope with the new bodily reality

OBJECTIVE: the objective in this study was to describe the strategies developed by digestive stoma patients to cope with their situation.METHOD: a qualitative and descriptive study was undertaken, involving 21 stoma patients living in the provinces of Málaga and Granada (Spain). The informants were...

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Main Authors: Candela Bonill-de-las-Nieves, Miriam Celdrán-Mañas, César Hueso-Montoro, José Miguel Morales-Asencio, Concha Rivas-Marín, Magdalena Cuevas Fernández-Gallego
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2014-06-01
Series:Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Self Care
Colostomy
Ileostomy
Qualitative Research
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692014000300394&lng=en&tlng=en

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