SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS OF ADOLESCENTS ON THE PROCESS OF HAVING CANCER
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v24i0.62807Keywords:
Multiple Bacterial Drug Resistance, Nurses, Antimicrobial Stewardship, Professional Competence, Systematic Review.Abstract
Purpose: To describe the social representations of adolescents about the cancer disease
process.
Method: A descriptive study with a qualitative approach, based on the Theory of Social
Representations, conducted with 31 adolescents undergoing cancer treatment in a public
hospital in Belém do Pará. The study was performed with individual interviews, submitted to
inductive thematic analysis.
Results: Three thematic categories were identified: cancer as a psychosocial disease; the
experience of falling ill and suffering cancer; and coping with the body changes resulting
from the disease.
Conclusion: The study contributed to the understanding of the social representations about
cancer in adolescence, supporting the nurse in the construction of knowledge with the
adolescent with cancer, for a better quality care.
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