title: [The experience of mastectomized woman: a bibliographic research].
abstract: This study aimed at knowing the scientific production concerning the care to the mastectomized woman, focusing the revealed feelings, the difficulties faced and the care strategies adopted by the nursing, a bibliographical search was carried out with 23 published articles since 1990, in national periodics. Using the proposed methodology by Salvador, the main women's feelings identified was fear, rejection, guilty and loss; amongst the difficulties, stand out the auto-image acceptance, the confrontation of the prejudice and the collateral effect of chemotherapeutic treatment, specially the alopecia, the pain and the physical difficulties. As main care strategy, it was identified the group activities, aiming at promotin the mastectomized woman self-esteem and to contribute for her quality of life.
authors.affiliation: Fundação Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, RS.
authors.forename: Sandrine Gonçales
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: Daniele Portella
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Rosenhein
authors.forename: Michele Salum
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Bulhosa
authors.forename: Valéria Lerch
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Lunardi
authors.forename: Wilson Danilo Lunardi
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Filho
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology