Man's experience facing illness due to cancer: implications for health care

• Main Authors: Andyara do Carmo Pinto Coelho Paiva (Author), Tiago da Silva Felipe (Author), Luciano Côrtes Paiva (Author), Erica Toledo Mendonça (Author), Franciane Silva Luiz (Author), Fábio da Costa Carbogim (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2019-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: to understand how men experience the process of becoming ill with cancer, from diagnosis to treatment. Method: a descriptive, exploratory and qualitative study, conducted with ten men undergoing cancer treatment, in a municipality in the interior of Minas Gerais, between March and May 201...