FAMILY EXPERIENCE FACING ILLNESS AND TREATMENT OF CHILDREN ANDADOLESCENTS WITH ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA

This study approaches family members’ experience of children/adolescents in the presence of illness andtreatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in the light of Heidegger’s phenomenological analysis. Data were collected bymeans of an interview with 11 families in Terezina, Piauí/Brazil, from March t...

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Main Authors: Claudete Ferreira de Souza Monteiro, Lorena Uchoa Portela Veloso, Patricya Castelo Branco de Sousa, Sheila Coelho Ramalho Vasconcelos Morais
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Paraná 2008-12-01
Series:Cogitare Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.5380/ce.v13i4.13104