A doente veterana: Saberes esquecidos nos sistemas de saúde (*)

Maria Do Rosário Dias (**)

 

RESUMO

O acto informativo e as modalidades de que se reveste a informação prestada à doente com cancro da mama ao longo das trajectórias assistenciais percorridas, permitem identificar traços de perfis psicossociais inerentes ao protagonismo dos doentes, caracterizadores de algumas categorias, entre as quais sobressaem as de «doente informado» e de «doente desinformado». O presente artigo visa uma abordagem da informação prestada ao doente oncológico quando inserido em contextos sociais e institucionais, sublinhando o seu papel potenciador da emergência de estratégias de ajustamento psicossocial do doente e, por outro lado, relevando o protagonismo das mulheres mastectomizadas no seu estatuto de doentes veteranas.

Palavras-chave: Cancro da mama, informação ao doente, ajustamento psicossocial, doente informado, doente desinformado, voluntariado.

ABSTRACT

The informational act and the modalities of information given to the breast cancer patient, while going through treatment, permit to identify features of psychosocial profiles inherent to the patient protagonism, describing some categories namely the «informed patient» and the «uninformed patient». This article is an approach to the information given to oncologic patients in the institucional context, enhancing the role of information given in the strategies of psychosocial adjustment of the patient and, on the other hand, we stress the protagonism of the mastectomized women in their role of veteran patients.

Key words: Breast cancer, patient information, psychosocial adjustment, informed patient, uninformed patient, volunteers.

 

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(*) Toda a correspondência relativa a este artigo deverá ser enviada para: Maria do Rosário Dias, Instituto Superior de Ciências da Saúde - Sul, Quinta da Granja, 2829-511 Monte da Caparica, Portugal.

(**) Psicóloga. Instituto Superior de Ciências da Saúde - Sul.