The sexual life of women with breast cancer: meanings attributed to the diagnosis and its impact on sexuality

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Autor(a) principal: Cesnik,Vanessa Monteiro
Data de Publicação: 2013
Outros Autores: Vieira,Elisabeth Meloni, Giami,Alain, Almeida,Ana Maria de, Santos,Daniela Barsotti, Santos,Manoel Antônio dos
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Estudos de Psicologia (Campinas)
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-166X2013000200005
Resumo: Breast cancer is the main neoplasm which affects women. It brings emotional problems in addition to physical and social problems due to affecting a bodily symbol of femininity. The aim of this study was to investigate the sexual life of women with breast cancer in the first year after the surgical procedure, seeking the meanings they attributed to the diagnosis and its repercussions on sexuality. Ten women who participated in a rehabilitation program were interviewed. In addition to the face to face interview their medical record were analyzed. Two categories emerged from the thematic analysis highlighting the negative and the positive impacts of this disease on the sexual life. This variety of meanings encountered shows that there no single pattern of sexual life after breast cancer. The way each woman reacts to the disease makes the way she experiences her sexuality unique. It follows that issues of sexuality must be incorporated in interventions offered in the context of care for these women.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The sexual life of women with breast cancer: meanings attributed to the diagnosis and its impact on sexuality
title The sexual life of women with breast cancer: meanings attributed to the diagnosis and its impact on sexuality
spellingShingle The sexual life of women with breast cancer: meanings attributed to the diagnosis and its impact on sexuality
Cesnik,Vanessa Monteiro
Breast neoplasms
Mastectomy
Sexuality
title_short The sexual life of women with breast cancer: meanings attributed to the diagnosis and its impact on sexuality
title_full The sexual life of women with breast cancer: meanings attributed to the diagnosis and its impact on sexuality
title_fullStr The sexual life of women with breast cancer: meanings attributed to the diagnosis and its impact on sexuality
title_full_unstemmed The sexual life of women with breast cancer: meanings attributed to the diagnosis and its impact on sexuality
title_sort The sexual life of women with breast cancer: meanings attributed to the diagnosis and its impact on sexuality
author Cesnik,Vanessa Monteiro
author_facet Cesnik,Vanessa Monteiro
Vieira,Elisabeth Meloni
Giami,Alain
Almeida,Ana Maria de
Santos,Daniela Barsotti
Santos,Manoel Antônio dos
author_role author
author2 Vieira,Elisabeth Meloni
Giami,Alain
Almeida,Ana Maria de
Santos,Daniela Barsotti
Santos,Manoel Antônio dos
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Cesnik,Vanessa Monteiro
Vieira,Elisabeth Meloni
Giami,Alain
Almeida,Ana Maria de
Santos,Daniela Barsotti
Santos,Manoel Antônio dos
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Breast neoplasms
Mastectomy
Sexuality
topic Breast neoplasms
Mastectomy
Sexuality
description Breast cancer is the main neoplasm which affects women. It brings emotional problems in addition to physical and social problems due to affecting a bodily symbol of femininity. The aim of this study was to investigate the sexual life of women with breast cancer in the first year after the surgical procedure, seeking the meanings they attributed to the diagnosis and its repercussions on sexuality. Ten women who participated in a rehabilitation program were interviewed. In addition to the face to face interview their medical record were analyzed. Two categories emerged from the thematic analysis highlighting the negative and the positive impacts of this disease on the sexual life. This variety of meanings encountered shows that there no single pattern of sexual life after breast cancer. The way each woman reacts to the disease makes the way she experiences her sexuality unique. It follows that issues of sexuality must be incorporated in interventions offered in the context of care for these women.
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