Social representations about the disease of women with cervico-uterine cancer

Abstract

Objective: understanding the social representation of women about cervical cancer and its implications for care of themselves. Method: this is a qualitative study of a descriptive approach that used as a theoretical role the social representations, taking the interview as a technique for data collection of information. We worked with 35 outpatient women of a referral public hospital in oncology. Results: within the dialogs it was observed that the concept of cervical cancer was closely related to the feeling factor, leading fear and sadness. The evidences also showed that women focused on sexuality and treatment as a life change along the disease. Conclusion: cancer of the cervix produces a great change of life in women who passed through the problem, not just by the physical factors, but quite by the subjective side in fighting the disease.