Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:39:07Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Andrea TNMB.pdf: 435703 bytes, checksum: 551d4d739aeda4ea5519c94877a39004 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-10-24 / Cancer has been affecting people all around the world; disregard sex, ethnicity or social class. Despite the fact it is not always deadly, to be diagnosed and treated of cancer brings a lot of physical, emotional and social suffering, specially for those with less economic resources. Considering the complexity of the problem, there has been perceived that medical treatment is not enough to support cancer patients. There is an increasing understanding about their necessity of integral care, supposed to be given by a multidisciplinary health care equip that can consider all the different aspects involved in the illness process. Everyone has a particular way of been ill or healthy, and gives different meanings to the experienced events. The starting point of the research was the contact with a called work `group of shelter', developed with cancer patients by a multidisciplinary health care equip working on the LIGA Norte Riograndense Contra o C?ncer. The research goal is to identify meanings people give to the shelter they receive in the group and to understand the way they experience the disease. Considering it singularity of this process, one worked with individually half-structuralized interviews, carried through with nine patients of the chemotherapy clinics and suck, that they had passed for the experience of the group of shelter, having approached getting ill, the treatment, the shelter and the recreation of the psychosocial processes (or not) after all this process. It was chosen as focus of analysis the creation of psychosocial processes and production of felt of these social actors through its discourse analysis perspective, boarded in accordance with the following thematic axles: the experience of the cancer, the shelter and recreation of the psychosocial processes the life. It was found that shelter has an extensive meaning going beyond the the group and involving others besides the multidisciplinary health care equip, and being important to give each patient the best possible benefit. It was also identified the importance of other social actors, such as relatives, friends and neighbors; added of religious faith, mentioned by all interviewees. It is to be considered the recovering capacity shown by eight interviewees, demonstrated by changing the way of interacting with others, getting new values and behaviors, and demonstrating more wisdom. We can consider the possibility of making this strategy to become part of the everyday practices of others health services working with cancer patients, what we think can help to minimize their suffering / O c?ncer ? uma enfermidade que acomete pessoas origin?rias de todas as partes do mundo, de qualquer sexo, etnia ou n?vel social. Embora j? n?o seja necessariamente fatal, ter a doen?a e tratar-se dela acarreta ?s pessoas sofrimentos de ordem f?sica, emocional ou social, especialmente para uma parcela da popula??o que disp?e de poucos recursos financeiros. Tem havido a percep??o da necessidade de que o atendimento do paciente com c?ncer n?o se restrinja aos cuidados m?dicos, mas que haja uma equipe multidisciplinar favorecendo que o paciente seja tratado de forma integral, procurando ir al?m da doen?a, considerando-se todos os aspectos implicados no processo de adoecimento. Cada pessoa tem uma forma singular de adoecer e estar saud?vel, o que ? percept?vel pelo sentido que atribui a eventos que vivencia. O ponto de partida da pesquisa foi o contato com um trabalho denominado grupo de acolhimento , desenvolvido na LIGA Norte Riograndense contra o c?ncer por uma equipe multidisciplinar. O objetivo ? delinear a forma como as pessoas significam o acolhimento que recebem, bem como estudar os processos de produ??o de sentido relativos a esse acolher e ? experi?ncia da doen?a. Considerando-se a singularidade desse processo, trabalhou-se com entrevistas semi-estruturadas, realizadas individualmente com nove pacientes das cl?nicas de quimioterapia e mama, que passaram pela experi?ncia do grupo de acolhimento, abordando o adoecer, o tratamento, o acolhimento e as ressignifica??es (ou n?o) ap?s todo este processo. Elegeu-se como foco de an?lise os processos de significa??o e produ??o de sentido destes atores sociais atrav?s de suas pr?ticas discursivas, abordados de acordo com os seguintes eixos tem?ticos: a experi?ncia do c?ncer, o acolhimento e ressignificando a vida (a recupera??o). No decorrer da pesquisa percebeu-se que o acolhimento possui uma dimens?o mais ampla, indo al?m do momento de realiza??o do grupo e tamb?m n?o restrito aos profissionais de sa?de propriamente ditos, sendo importante para que se possa tratar cada paciente de modo que seu atendimento lhe traga o maior benef?cio poss?vel. Foi verificada a import?ncia do apoio de outros atores sociais como familiares, amigos e vizinhos, tamb?m como forma de acolhimento, bem como o suporte de uma cren?a religiosa, citada por todos os entrevistados. Um fator tamb?m relevante foi a capacidade de recupera??o demonstrada por oito dos nove entrevistados, percept?vel por altera??es na forma de se relacionar com os outros, por modifica??es em seus valores, pelos comportamentos ou pela sabedoria adquirida. Vislumbramos a possibilidade de que essa estrat?gia possa vir a fazer parte do cotidiano de mais institui??es de aten??o ao paciente de c?ncer, de modo a evitar ou ao menos minimizar sofrimentos

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2009. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on Feb. 3, 2010). Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-75).

Thesis (D.P.A.)--University of La Verne, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 216-227).

Thesis (D.P.A.)--University of La Verne, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 216-227).

The complexity and lack of coordination of the U.S. health care system is especially challenging for older adults, many of whom have multiple chronic conditions. The faith community is a potential partner to assist them, due to strong religiosity of older adults and specific characteristics of faith communities. This study explores the knowledge and practices of faith community nurses (FCNs) in meeting care coordination needs of older adults and identifies a model of gap-filling by FCN practice. An approach combining both quantitative and qualitative approaches was used. A survey was distributed to all known FCNs in Kentucky. From the 60 respondents, 15 FCNs were selected for personal interviews, and six care recipients were also interviewed. Survey data revealed a relatively older workforce, M=57 years, with 73% in nursing for more than 20 years. All served as FCNs in their own congregations, mostly as volunteers. FCNs relied on informal rather than formal assessments, with little consistency in type of health-related information obtained from congregants. The combined interview data revealed themes including, strong grounding in faith, sense of congregational family, reliance on general nursing assessment skills, intentional empowerment, bridging expanses, trust, and continuity. Findings suggest that FCNs in Kentucky identify and fill significant gaps in health care for older adults. Spirituality and religious rituals were important for FCNs and those they served. Congregants sought out FCNs to answer questions, interpret medical information, and assist with health care interactions. The stability of the FCNs in the lives of congregations was regarded as important; congregants counted on FCNs presence through transitions in health. A model to explain FCN intervention was developed based on integration of a social ecological perspective with the WHO International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health. This model reflects contextual factors that occur throughout nested environments that surround each individual, including immediate family, congregational family, health and social care systems, and societal policies. FCNs serve as a bridge between and among these nested environments, connecting them and facilitating change within each level.

Thesis (M.Sp.L.S.)--University of Waikato, 2008. / Title from PDF cover (viewed August 28, 2008) Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-164)

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Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1995.

Dissertation (Ph.D.)--University of South Florida, 2006. / Title from PDF of title page. Document formatted into pages; contains 243 pages. Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references.