Meanings of quality of life held by patients with colorectal cancer in the context of chemotherapy

OBJECTIVE: this study's aim was to interpret the meanings assigned to quality of life by patients with colorectal cancer undergoing chemotherapy.METHOD: the ethnographic method and the medical anthropology theoretical framework were used. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews a...

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Main Authors: Luciana Scatralhe Buetto, Marcia Maria Fontão Zago
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2015-06-01
Series:Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692015000300427&lng=en&tlng=en