[Cervix uteri cancer: a critical approach to its prevention].
This article is a pilot study of one of the authors master dissertation about problems related to the preventive measures of cervix cancer. Four women with cancer that were hospitalized at the gynecological ward or under chemotherapy treatment at a hospital in the city of Pelotas, RS, Brazil, were interviewed. Data were collected from April to June 2001, and of the women interviewed only one was examined preventively according to the guidelines of the Ministry of Health. Therefore, health professionals should be urged to promote care as well as health education.
de Oliveira
Michele Mandagara
MM
Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo--USP. mandagara@hotmail.com
da Silva
Emilia Nalva Ferreira
EN
Pinto
Ione Carvalho
IC
Coimbra
Valéria Cristina Christello
VC
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D010865:Pilot Projects; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*