Representations of nurses regarding sexuality of women treated for breast cancer in Brazil

• Main Authors: Elisabeth Meloni Vieira (Author), Nicholas John Ford (Author), Manoel Antonio dos Santos (Author), Lílian Cláudia Ulian Junqueira (Author), Alain Giami (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2013-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The development of new treatments has improved survival and quality of life among cancer patients. Nurses are expected to answer questions and to provide orientation regarding patients' sexuality since it is an important aspect of life. The main objective of this paper is to understand the repr...