title: [Oral history of life: in search of the meaning of hemodialysis in chronic renal patients].
abstract: This article has the objective to show the use of life oral history as methodological framework for qualitative data collection and analysis, aimed to understand the meaning of hemodialysis and the impact of this therapeutic modality of treatment in the patient's life in the Hemodialysis Unity at the University Hospital at the University of São Paulo.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Hemodiálise, Hospital Universitário da Universidade de São Paulo.
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Gualda
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000523:psychology*