title: [Corporality in an orthopedics clinic scenario].
abstract: The study features the author's lived experience of phenomenological enlightenment in which she pursued to operate Polak's (1996) concepts of Nursing and Care, which have corporality as a reference. It describes the living experiences of four clients hospitalized in an Orthopedics and Trauma Unit of an School Hospital of Curitiba's metropolitan area, according to Polak's caring process moments, which are: perception; discovery and dialogue; building of new knowledge; and implementation of caring actions. It was noticed that the concepts are feasible on practical situations.
authors: Departamento de Enfermagem da UFPR. lililabronici@ig.com.br
authors: L M
authors: LM
authors: Labronici
authors: Y N
authors: YN
authors: Polak
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D016530:Orthopedic Nursing