A experiência vivida do cardiopata : um estudo crítico-cultural com foco no estigma

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2005

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This study aims at describing the experience lived by the cardiopath patient, in an attempt to understand how the individual who bears a Coronarian Heart Disease experiences his/her situation of bearer of a heart condition in relation to himself/herself and to the various contexts in which he/she is inserted. After being diagnosed as a cardiopath patient by the health professional, how does the subject start to feel? In which ways does the diagnosis influence his/her life? Does he/she feel disabled, limited, or impotent to perform his/her functions with the disease? Does he/she feel differentiated or stigmatized before the others? A qualitative study was carried out employing two research methods: the phenomenological method, which attempts to understand the meaning of the lived experience by those who have lived it, and the ethnographic method, which aims at a cultural comprehension of the phenomenon, seeking to learn about the stigma. The research has evinced that each subject experiences his/her cardiopath condition in a very singular way. Some of the interviewed subjects feel that they are limited to continue performing the activities that they performed before finding out about their condition. In what regards the family context, all the interviewed subjects state that their family relationships have suffered modifications that involve positive and negative aspects. In what regards the stigma, some of the interviewed subjects feel inferior to other people because they cannot practice their professions any longer, and because they undergo significant changes in their life styles, which involve restrictions on their diet, and on their professional activities, among others. It has been ascertained that the stigma is present in the cardiopaths experience, through his/her social relationships, in which friends and family members tend to consider him/her as frail, diminished or less capable. Keywords: Cardiopathy, Phenomenology, Stigma, Psychology.

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psicologia - dissertaÇÕes psicologia social

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