title: [Social representations of women submitted to mastectomy and the implications for self-care].
abstract: The purposes of this research was to identify the social representations of women on breast mastectomy and to analyze the implications of these social representations to care for self-care. This is a qualitative study using the Theory of Social Representations as theoretical reference. For data collection it was employed two techniques: the free association of ideas and observation. For data analysis the thematic analysis was used. The research resulted in two thematic units: the breast and its representations of social change in the body and social representations of women mastectomy: implications for self care. In the study, showed that women objected care of the breasts through the realization of self-examination.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA. silvioeder2003@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Sílvio Éder Dias
authors.initials: SÉ
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.forename: Esleane Vilela
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Vasconcelos
authors.forename: Mary Elizabeth
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: de Santana
authors.forename: Ivaneide Leal Ataíde
authors.initials: IL
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.forename: Teodolina Valente
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Leite
authors.forename: Lucialba Maria Silva
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: dos Santos
authors.forename: Ralrizônia Fernandes
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Sousa
authors.forename: Vander Monteiro
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: da Conceição
authors.forename: Jackline Leite
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
authors.forename: Wanda do Nascimento
authors.initials: Wdo N
authors.lastname: Meireles
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012648:Self Care; D012961:Sociology