Cogitare Enfermagem (Aug 2006)

THE BODY AND THE CULTURE AS THE LOCUS OF CANCER

  • Sônia Ayako Tao Maruyama,
  • Aldenan Lima Correa da Costa,
  • Elisete Aparecida Rubira do Espírito Santo,
  • Roseney Bellato,
  • Wilza Rocha Pereira

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v11i2.6880
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 2
pp. 171 – 175

Abstract

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Illness is also a socio-cultural construction and cancer is one of the most symbology-loaded illnesses. People who experience it, go through a process of liminarity where they may emerge modified, perceiving a new meaning to life. In daily health care, we perceive that this symbolic culturally-constructed dimension has been neglected. Through an anthropological view, we try to bring out the grounds in order to re-think nursing actions towards people who experience cancer, extending their perspectives beyond the biological body.

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