THE BODY AND THE CULTURE AS THE LOCUS OF CANCER

• Main Authors: Sônia Ayako Tao Maruyama (Author), Aldenan Lima Correa da Costa (Author), Elisete Aparecida Rubira do Espírito Santo (Author), Roseney Bellato (Author), Wilza Rocha Pereira (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Federal do Paraná, 2006-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Illness is also a socio-cultural construction and cancer is one of the most symbology-loaded illnesses. People who experience it, go through a process of liminarity where they may emerge modified, perceiving a new meaning to life. In daily health care, we perceive that this symbolic culturally-const...