title: [Living with an ostomy: a preliminary study].
abstract: This study reveals some aspects of ostomy patients life experience. The data were obtained by using the participant observation technique during the monthly meeting session of the Ostomy Patients Association from July 1989 to August 1991. The findings showed that the ostomized patients were concerned with: 1) the ostomy pouch (how to get it); 2) other persons opinion about ostomized patients; 3) their sexuality, and stoma care. The patients perceived themselves as physically disable and inferior persons. Some of them perceived themselves as having a normal life. Other patients also had to cope with the stigma of cancer.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Trentini
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Pacheco
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: de Farias
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Duarte
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Tomaz
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010030:Ostomy / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D012648:Self Care; D012649:Self Concept; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012917:Social Adjustment
vernacular_title: Vivendo com um ostoma: um estudo preliminar.