"Corpos marcados e fé na vida ...": mastectomia e políticas públicas de saúde da mulher

• Ano de defesa: 2007
• Autor(a) principal: Sousa, Aline Lopes de
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo; BR; Mestrado em Psicologia; UFES; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia
• Palavras-chave em Português: Mastectomy; Public health policies; Breast reconstruction; Oral story; Reconstrução mamária; História oral; Políticas públicas; Mulheres - Saúde; Psicologia; Mastectomia; 159.9
• Link de acesso: http://repositorio.ufes.br/handle/10/6670

The population has always been away from the discussion involving public health policies in Brazil. Most of the time it reflects a mere technical relationship between doctor and patient, as well as public health services and the population. In the 80 s and 90 s decade there is a reengineering of the system and SUS is implemented. Prevention and cure are integrated and the population is also heard. Considering how lethal breast cancer can be, it is essential to keep the population participative. The purpose of this study was to explore the consequences of breast cancer in women s life, their demands, as well as their relationship with the public health policies. Eight women who had had breast cancer and had the assistance of SUS during the treatment in Vitória, ES, were interviewed. All of them had the diagnosis about three years ago. These women were able to share their experiences from the time they learned about their illness, to the surgery and treatment. The data was collected using the Oral Story technique, taking into account the importance of the context lived by those women throughout their life, especially their experience with breast cancer, focusing on mastectomy. The Content Analysis was used to study this data. It was possible to observe that, before the diagnosis, these women thought about cancer as immediate and certain death , which consisted in great suffering. After the surgery they had to face the restriction of routine activities and the wish of breast reconstruction. Even so, they were able to fight for life quality. It is possible to see that, although the public health policies offer service to the women who have breast cancer, it takes them several months to get an appointment with the doctor after they find out about it. Besides, the professionals in Espírito Santo say they earn very little for the breast reconstruction, and this service was interrupted. It is important that everybody fights for their rights.