THE ADAPTATION PROCESS OF BREAST CANCER WOMEN
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https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.iee.2834Keywords:
breast neoplasms, neoplasms, adaptation, social supportAbstract
Objective: discover the process of adaptation to their new life conditions and state of health within a sociocultural context.
Methodology: qualitative study supported in the Founded Theory by means of in depth interviews to a sample of twenty resident women who received treatment for breast cancer in the city of Medellín, Colombia from 2005 to 2007.
Results: the reach of the analysis allowed establishing a conceptual order, showing a process of adaptation in four stages, denominated thus: 1. Discovering the disease, 2. Accepting the disease, 3. Overcoming disease, and 4. Adapting to a new body and a new life.
Conclusions: the adaptation of the breast cancer women with breast cancer is a complex process because they must face continuously the multiple imbalances that affect their emotional, physical, mental and social dimensions
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