The meaning of being a man with intestinal stoma due to colorectal cancer: an anthropological approach to masculinities El significado de ser un hombre com estoma intestinal por cáncer de colorectal: un abordaje antropológico de la masculinidad Os sentidos de ser homem com estoma intestinal por câncer colorretal: uma abordagem na antropologia das masculinidades

• Main Authors: Eliza Maria Rezende Dázio (Author), Helena Megumi Sonobe (Author), Márcia Maria Fontão Zago (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2009-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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This study analyzes the meanings that men with intestinal stoma attribute to their colorectal cancer experience and its treatment. The medical anthropology framework, gender identity and the ethnographic methods were used. A total of 16 men from 40 to 79 years of age, residents in Ribeirão Preto an...