2005
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-311x2005000200009
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Metáforas e significados do câncer de mama na perspectiva de cinco famílias afetadas

Abstract: IntroduçãoA partir da década de 60 do século XX, emergem, com força na problemática social da enfermidade, questões relativas ao modo como diferentes grupos sociais assumem o papel de enfermos ou à percepção que os indivíduos têm dos sintomas da doença 1 . Ambas as questões remetem aos significados atribuídos à saúde e à doença em uma dada sociedade, incluindo aqui o entendimento sobre a causalidade, sintomatologia, estratégia de enfrentamento, dentre outros.É possível distinguir dois grupos de explicações no … Show more

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“…1 Cancer can be associated with several factors related to the external and internal environment. The external factors are related to the environment and the internal factors are those genetically predetermined, in other words, when the organism has the capacity to defend itself from the external aggressions.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…1 Cancer can be associated with several factors related to the external and internal environment. The external factors are related to the environment and the internal factors are those genetically predetermined, in other words, when the organism has the capacity to defend itself from the external aggressions.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Löwy 22 aborda, em seu estudo sobre as relações entre câncer e gênero, o modo como, no final do século XIX e início do século XX, o câncer genital feminino ganha visibilidade, associado às crenças que faziam da mulher uma pecadora. É assim que se estabelece uma compreensão de que existiria uma "predisposição moral" de algumas mulheres serem acometidas por um tumor maligno 23 .…”
Section: Câncer Cervical Doença E Gênerounclassified
“…Fear of cancer is associated with the symbolic context of uncertainty, pain and suffering related, among other aspects, to the historical-social construction of the meanings of the disease, which are associated with pain, death, guilt, fear and social stigmatization (10) . In addition, the media discourse, the high incidence, the psychosocial repercussions and the uncertainties regarding etiology and treatment endow cancer with a symbolic value, as "the greatest fears and also the greatest evils" are projected on it (10)(11)(12) .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In addition, the media discourse, the high incidence, the psychosocial repercussions and the uncertainties regarding etiology and treatment endow cancer with a symbolic value, as "the greatest fears and also the greatest evils" are projected on it (10)(11)(12) .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%