title: [Religious representations in illness experience: a case study].
abstract: This article, the byproduct of a larger research project, presents a case study of a Jehovah's Witness with hypertension and cardiac problems. Semi-structured interviews were used to reconstruct the individual's illness experience: diagnosis, treatments, and cure, focusing on pervasive religious social representations, lending meaning to his own life and to the physical and moral suffering and disturbances involved in this process.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marco Antonio Alves
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Separavich
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ana Maria
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Canesqui
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D029221:Faith Healing; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000523:psychology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D033221:Jehovah's Witnesses; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012067:Religion; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D016312:Treatment Refusal