title: Symbolic effects capitalized by nurses from the National Institute of Cancer in Brazil (1980 - 1990).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to describe the strategies of nurses in the National Institute of Cancer to disseminate its scientific capital and discuss the symbolic effects capitalized in the field of oncology in the 1980s.
  
  
  METHODS
  historical social studies, with primary sources consisting of written documents and oral reports, and as secondary sources, articles and books on the subject, based on the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu's concepts of scientific capital and habitus.
  
  
  RESULTS
  it revealed the effective performance of nurses in this Institute on policies of cancer prevention and control and strategies used in the teaching of oncology nursing at the undergraduate level. In conclusion, nursing stands out in this context, through the dissemination of its scientific knowledge, as a participant in the construction of a scientific field of oncology nursing in Brazil, highlighting the occupation of important social areas.
authors.affiliation: Hospital do Câncer, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Ministério da Saúde, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
authors.forename: Maria Cristina Freres
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: de Souza
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Escola de Enfermagem Ana Nery, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
authors.forename: Gizele da Conceição Soares
authors.initials: Gda C
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem Fundamental, Escola de Enfermagem Ana Nery, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
authors.forename: Maria Angélica de Almeida
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Peres
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem, Faculdade de Enfermagem, Universidade Salgado de Oliveira, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brasil.
authors.forename: Fabíola Lisboa da Silveira
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Fortes
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem Fundamental, Escola de Enfermagem Ana Nery, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
authors.forename: Antonio José
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: de Almeida Filho
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes; D001938:Brazil; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009859:Oncology Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000266:history*