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Representações sociais de mulheres mastectomizadas e suas implicações para o autocuidado
(2010-10) SILVA, Sílvio Éder Dias da; VASCONCELOS, Esleane Vilela; SANTANA, Mary Elizabeth de; RODRIGUES, Ivaneide Leal Ataíde; LEITE, Teodolina Valente; SANTOS, Lucialba Maria Silva dos; SOUSA, Ralrizônia Fernandes; CONCEIÇÃO, Vander Monteiro da; OLIVEIRA, Jackline Leite de; MEIRELES, Wanda do Nascimento
The purposes of this research was to identify the social representations of women on breast mastectomy and to analyze the implications of these social representations to care for self-care. This is a qualitative study using the Theory of Social Representations as theoretical reference. For data collection it was employed two techniques: the free association of ideas and observation. For data analysis the thematic analysis was used. The research resulted in two thematic units: the breast and its representations of social change in the body and social representations of women mastectomy: implications for self care. In the study, showed that women objected care of the breasts through the realization of self-examination.