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[The meaning of smoking within the context of larynx cancer]
Flávia Tatiana Pedrolo Hortense1, Maria Isabel Sampaio Carmagnani, Ana Cristina Passarella Brêtas
1Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Hospital São Paulo, São Paulo, SP.
Abstract:
The objective of this qualitative study was to understand beliefs and values established as to the relation between larynx cancer and smoking by using the Collective Subject's Speech strategy. Three patients, three healthcare providers and three family members participated in the study. Data were collected in semi-structured interviews. The data analysis identified the following categories: smoking background; looking for help for the disease; health, larynx cancer and tobacco; family care and professional care. The study showed the need of broadening the focus of healthcare providers' performance when qualifying these workers by adding paradigms of human sciences in order to enable behavioral changes as to health guidance on habits and/or life styles of users of healthcare services and their family members.
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