THE FAMILY’S BEHAVIOR FACE TO BREAST CANCER DIAGNOSIS
Abstract
The breast cancer always causes negative feelings in the woman and her relatives, such as, fear, sadness and pessimism. This study was aimed to know the family’s behavior up to the problem of breast cancer diagnosis; verify the confrontation mechanisms utilized; and identify the family contribution in the recuperation of the woman. It’s an exploratory study with 15 relatives of mastectomies women. The dates were collected through semi-structured interviews and organized by the content analysis. The fear was present among the relatives, during the cancer discovery and surgery news. It was noticed some deficiency in the orientations to the relatives, who were many times without having contact concerning to the treatment. So, they generally showed an ineffective behavior. The breast cancer and the consequent mastectomy caused a great impact in the family, extended to friends.Downloads
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