Living with digestive stomas: strategies to cope with the new bodily reality

• Main Authors: Candela Bonill- (Author), Miriam Celdrán-Mañas (Author), César Hueso-Montoro (Author), José Miguel Morales-Asencio (Author), Concha Rivas-Marín (Author), Magdalena Cuevas Fernández-Gallego (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: the objective in this study was to describe the strategies developed by digestive stoma patients to cope with their situation.METHOD: a qualitative and descriptive study was undertaken, involving 21 stoma patients living in the provinces of Málaga and Granada (Spain). The informants were...