title: [Cervix uteri cancer: a critical approach to its prevention].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo--USP. mandagara@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Michele Mandagara
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
authors.forename: Emilia Nalva Ferreira
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.forename: Ione Carvalho
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.forename: Valéria Cristina Christello
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Coimbra
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D010865:Pilot Projects; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*