Abstract

HUESCA, Isabel Marco  and  HENNINGTON, Élida Azevedo. Narratives of chronic illness: Life and work stories of women with cervical cancer. NTQR [online]. 2022, vol.13, e673.  Epub Sep 08, 2022. ISSN 2184-7770.  https://doi.org/10.36367/ntqr.13.2022.e673.

Introduction: Cervical cancer is part of the group of non-communicable chronic diseases, which are characterized by long duration and the need for continuous treatment. Because it is a disease that keeps the person in their usual life, it occupies the center of all social relationships and its repercussions are felt in all aspects of life. This type of cancer mainly affects women of low socioeconomic status and in the productive phase of their lives. In this sense, work, whether professional or domestic, understood as a constitutive part of women's social identity, undergoes profound changes due to illness. Objective: To understand the health-disease-work relationship of women with cervical cancer, from a narrative approach. Methods: The research is a qualitative study, aimed at a better understanding of the meanings attributed by the subjects involved, women with cervical cancer treated in a public hospital unit specialized in the care of cervical cancer, the regarding the repercussions of chronic illness in their lives, with emphasis on the world of work. The main data collection instrument used in the research will be the interview guide with open questions. The interviews will have a narrative focus and narrative analysis will be used to deal with the material produced. Results: Data collection is in progress, after approval by the ethics committees involved. Conclusions: This research may provide greater visibility of this issue to society, reinforcing and recognizing the importance of thinking about the guarantee of rights related to work for women affected by chronic diseases.

Keywords : Chronic disease; Cervical cancer; Work; Working women; Narrative..

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