["As if I had won the lottery": the meaning of voice rehabilitation in a laryngectomized patient].
This is a case study of a laryngectomized patient with the objective of "describing the meaning of voice rehabilitation". Data analysis was based on the search for categories of meaning. The central theme that emerged from the present study was "As if I had won in the lottery". With these words the patient revealed the complexity of this process.
Flávio
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Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo.
Zago
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D001294:Attitude to Health; D006801:Humans; D007825:Laryngectomy / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D014834:Voice Training