Meanings and dimensions of cancer by sick people - a structural analysis of social representations

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Julia Wakiuchi · Centro Universitário de Brusque

Denize Cristina de Oliveira · Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Sônia Silva Marcon · Universidade Estadual de Maringá

Mágda Lúcia Félix de Oliveira · Universidade Estadual de Maringá

Catarina Aparecida Sales · Universidade Estadual de Maringá

Abstract

The social representations of cancer based on the presented interrelationships provide reflections which may contribute to increasing the individual and social care of patients with malignant neoplasm and their family in health services.

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Women's cancer prevention and management Palliative and Oncologic Care Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life

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Published in: Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP

Volume 54, pp. e03504-e03504

DOI: 10.1590/s1980-220x2018023203504

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Meanings and dimensions of cancer by sick people - a structural analysis of social representations

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