THE BODY AND THE CULTURE AS THE LOCUS OF CANCER

Authors :: Sônia Ayako Tao Maruyama
Aldenan Lima Correa da Costa
Elisete Aparecida Rubira do Espírito Santo
Roseney Bellato
Wilza Rocha Pereira
Source :: Cogitare Enfermagem, Vol 11, Iss 2, Pp 171-175 (2006)
Publication Year :: 2006
Publisher :: Universidade Federal do Paraná, 2006.
Abstract: Illness is also a socio-cultural construction and cancer is one of the most symbology-loaded illnesses. People who experience it, go through a process of liminarity where they may emerge modified, perceiving a new meaning to life. In daily health care, we perceive that this symbolic culturally-constructed dimension has been neglected. Through an anthropological view, we try to bring out the grounds in order to re-think nursing actions towards people who experience cancer, extending their perspectives beyond the biological body.