From omnipotence to exhaustion: the perspectives of adolescents in drug therapy De la omnipotencia al desgaste: las perspectivas del adolescente en tratamiento de quimioterapia Da onipotência ao desgaste: as perspectivas do adolescente em quimioterapia

• Main Authors: Mariela Santos Lombardo (Author), Regina Célia Popim (Author), Antonia Leonilda Suman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2011-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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This study aimed at understanding the meaning of chemotherapeutic treatment for adolescents with cancer. It is a qualitative study using Alfred Schütz's social phenomenology as a framework. Seven adolescents were interviewed. Four themes emerged from the analysis of their discourses: Impact of...