Experiences and coping with the altered body image in digestive stoma patients

• Main Authors: César Hueso-Montoro (Author), Candela Bonill- (Author), Miriam Celdrán-Mañas (Author), Sandra Milena Hernández-Zambrano (Author), Manuel Amezcua-Martínez (Author), José Miguel Morales-Asencio (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT Objective: to describe the coping of stoma patients with the news about the ostomy, as well as to analyze the meaning and the experience of their new bodily reality. Method: qualitative phenomenological study undertaken through semistructured interviews with 21 stoma patients. The analysis...