Corpos marcados e fé na vida ... : mastectomia e políticas públicas de saúde da mulher

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2007

RESUMO

The population has always been away from the discussion involving public health policies in Brazil. Most of the time it reflects a mere technical relationship between doctor and patient, as well as public health services and the population. In the 80s and 90s decade there is a reengineering of the system and SUS is implemented. Prevention and cure are integrated and the population is also heard. Considering how lethal breast cancer can be, it is essential to keep the population participative. The purpose of this study was to explore the consequences of breast cancer in womens life, their demands, as well as their relationship with the public health policies. Eight women who had had breast cancer and had the assistance of SUS during the treatment in Vitória, ES, were interviewed. All of them had the diagnosis about three years ago. These women were able to share their experiences from the time they learned about their illness, to the surgery and treatment. The data was collected using the Oral Story technique, taking into account the importance of the context lived by those women throughout their life, especially their experience with breast cancer, focusing on mastectomy. The Content Analysis was used to study this data. It was possible to observe that, before the diagnosis, these women thought about cancer as immediate and certain death, which consisted in great suffering. After the surgery they had to face the restriction of routine activities and the wish of breast reconstruction. Even so, they were able to fight for life quality. It is possible to see that, although the public health policies offer service to the women who have breast cancer, it takes them several months to get an appointment with the doctor after they find out about it. Besides, the professionals in Espírito Santo say they earn very little for the breast reconstruction, and this service was interrupted. It is important that everybody fights for their rights.

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história oral breast reconstruction psicologia políticas públicas de saúde public health policies mastectomia oral story mastectomy reconstrução mamária

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