Women with breast cancer: social issue and chemotherapy treatment in an oncological unit in the agreste Pernambuco, Brazil
Abstract
Objective: To analyze the expressions of the social issue, mentioned by women diagnosed with malignant breast cancer.
Methodology: This is a qualitative study, based on the critical-dialectic method.
Results: From the diagnosis of breast cancer, the expression of the Social Question in the lives of these women intensifies, for several reasons; for not having social policies that guarantee access, effectiveness, and continuation of treatment.
Conclusion: The phenomena that affect women make them more vulnerable during chemotherapy, limiting their possibilities and their autonomy, especially when they are heads of households, which in this study represented 52% of women.
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