Existential phenomenological view of health care experiences from the perspective of cancer survivors.

Objectives: to understand the experience of post-discharge health care of primary cancer treatment from the perspective of survivors.

Methods: a descriptive study with a qualitative approach, using Martin Heidegger's Existential Phenomenology framework. Analysis of semi-structured interviews of 11 cancer survivors, after primary treatment, was carried out through vague and median and hermeneutic understanding.

Meanings and dimensions of cancer by sick people - a structural analysis of social representations.

Objective: To describe the contents and structure of the social representation of cancer.

Method: A qualitative study based on the Theory of Social Representations, carried out in a High Complexity Care Unit in Oncology. Data collection included a socio-occupational and clinical characterization questionnaire and free evocations form from 100 cancer patients in chemotherapy treatment and in-depth interviews with 29 of them.

Operation of a hospital palliative care service: a fourth-generation evaluation.

Objective: Qualitatively evaluate the operation of a palliative care service in oncology.

Methodology: Qualitative study conducted in a service in southern Brazil based on a fourth generation evaluation. Between September 2014 and June 2015, 460 hours of operation were observed, and 45 semi-structured interviews and five negotiation meetings were conducted; data were analyzed using the constant comparative method.

Rebuilding subjectivity from the experience of cancer and its treatment.

Objective: To analyze the social representations of chemotherapy and the experiences built by people with cancer.

Method: Descriptive study with a qualitative approach. Data collection occurred between August and December 2016, through interviews with 29 cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy at an institution in the northern part of Paraná State, and the Thematic-Categorical Content Analysis.

(Not) taking care of yourself as a woman while being a caregiver of a partner with cancer.

Unlabelled: OBJECTIVE Unveiling the meaning of self-care as a caregiver of the partner suffering from cancer. Method Research based on Heidegger´s phenomenology, performed with ten women caregivers of partners with cancer in a municipality in the northwestern region of Paraná, between December 2013 and February 2014.

Results: From the discourse analysis, the ontological themes emerged: "forgetting to be a woman to surrender to the care of the other and choosing the other to the detriment of themselves".

Nursing appointment and cardiometabolic control of diabetics: a randomized clinical trial.

Objective: to verify the effect of nursing appointment on cardiometabolic profile of people with Diabetes Mellitus type 2.

Method: randomized controlled trial, developed with 134 individuals chosen for two groups: intervention and control. The intervention consisted of three nursing appointments alternated bimonthly, with two phone calls, over five months.

Care of cancer patients in the Family Health Strategy: the user's view.

Objective understand the experiences of cancer patients regarding the care received and the relationship with Family Health Strategy professionals. Method qualitative research based on Heidegger's phenomenology held with ten cancer patients living in the coverage area of three healthcare centers in a city in northwestern Paraná. Data were collected at the patients' homes from November 2012 to February 2013 through open interviews.

Significations of being the caregiver of the companion with cancer: an existential look.

Objective: to unveil the significances of women who experience being the caregiver of their companion with cancer.

Method: a Heidegger's phenomenological research, performed with ten women who are caregivers of their companions with cancer in a town in the northwest of the state of Paraná, Brazil, from December 2013 to February 2014. The following guiding question was used: "How has it been for you to care for your companion with cancer?".

[Life experiences of elderly with cancer pain: the existential comprehensive approach].

Objective: Understanding the experiences of elderly with cancer pain.

Method: Qualitative research based on Heidegger's phenomenology. 12 elderly cancer patients from a city in northwest Paraná were interviewed from November 2013 to February 2014.

Effectiveness of individual and group interventions for people with type 2 diabetes.

Objective: to compare the effectiveness of two educational interventions used by a healthcare provider in the monitoring of individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), regarding knowledge of the disease, impact on quality of life and adoption of self-care actions.

Methods: comparative, longitudinal, prospective study performed with 150 subjects with type 2 diabetes, analyzed according to the type of participation in the program (individual and/or group). Participants of the individual intervention (II) received nursing consultations every six months and those of the group intervention (GI) took part in weekly meetings for three months.

[Perceptions of family members of patients with cancer on musical encounters during the antineoplastic treatment].

Current research is a qualitative phenomenological analysis, structured on Heidegger's existential analysis, whose aim was the perception of cancer patients' relatives who live with subjects with cancer and with anticancer treatment, about the musical encounters. Five subjects living at the clinic run by the Maringá Female Network against Cancer participated at eight musical encounters during January and February 2011. The meeting mediated by the music can provide the relatives with a moment of existential introspection which lead them to a transcendental experience in coping with their existential condition.

The treatment of childhood cancer: unveiling the experience of parents.

Objective: to understand the experiences of parents of children and adolescents with cancer undergoing treatment.

Method: qualitative research, based on Heidegger's existential phenomenology, in which 13 parents of eight patients under 19 years of age, assisted by a charity association, were interviewed.

Results: three topics resulted from the analysis: "Experiencing the unpleasantness of the treatment"; "Fearing the possibility of a frightening situation" and "Experiencing the carelessness of another person".

[The existence of nursing in caring for terminally ills'life: a phenomenological study].

By taking care of cancer patients in their process of end of life, nursing experience situations of suffering before the anguish of others. This study aimed to understand the meaning and significance attributed by the nurses from the palliative care cancer hospital. This is a phenomenological research, grounded in Heidegger's thinking, performed with 13 nurses, who work at Oncology hospitalward, through semi-structured interviews, which were analyzed according to the steps recommended by Josgrilberg.

[Musical meetings as a resource in oncologic palliative care for users of a support home].

This was a phenomenological investigation into musical meetings, structured according to the existential analytics of Martin Heidegger, that aimed at scrutinizing the perception of patients with cancer living in a support home. Seven users of the support home of the Rede Feminina de Combate ao Cancer in Maringá, Paraná, took part in the study, during which eight musical meetings took place during the months of January and February 2011. For the purposes of data collection individual interviews were used, starting with the following question: What do these musical meetings represent to you at this time of your life? During the process of understanding the investigated phenomenon, two ontological themes emerged: a feeling of being taken care of in the musical meetings; and transcending their existential facticity.

[Meaning of the death/dying process for entering nursing students].

This is a qualitative study, based on Heidegger's existential phenomenology, with the purpose of revealing the meaning of death/dying for freshmen students of the nursing program. The study was developed in a public university in the northwest of Paraná, Brazil between August and October 2010, and 33 entering students from a Nursing program were interviewed. The following existential themes emerged from the phenomenological analysis: "Understanding death as a difficult process to be understood"; "Understanding death as a natural process"; and "Perceiving death as a passage to another life".

[Music in human terminality: the family members' conceptions].

This qualitative study was performed using the multiple case study method and Heidegger's existential phenomenology for data analysis. The objective was to understand how family members perceive the influence of musical experiences on the physical and mental health of a relative living with a terminal illness. Participants were seven individuals belonging to two families.

[The nursing care towards individuals with diabetic foot: a phenomenological focus].

The starting point of this study stands on the experiences shared with individuals presenting diabetes mellitus. The existential phenomenology of Martin Heidegger allowed the apprehension of the moments lived by these individuals. Interviews were performed, at their home, with eight people living in Bandeirantes, a city situated in the North of Paraná, and who had had a podological complication due to the disease, in the period from February to August of 2007.

[Emotions of people living with ostomies: existential comprehension].

The objective of this study was to better understand the emotions of ostomy patients and to reinforce their own moral value as beings-in-the-world, through actions of humanized care. This qualitative study followed the existential phenomenology school of thought and was performed at a teaching hospital in Northwestern Paraná-Brazil. Interviews were performed with 15 ostomy patients receiving care at the stomal therapy outpatient clinic during the months of June and July, 2006.

[Mothers' conceptions about their premature children in ICU].

In this study, our purpose was to direct ourselves to the mothers who had babies that were born prematurely and needed to be assisted in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, searching for the comprehension of the feelings provoked in these mothers due to such situation and, thus, project new possibilities of caring aimed at these beings. For that, we opted for a qualitative-descriptive study, based on the principles of the existential phenomenology. From the analysis, four categories emerged; the pain to see her child be born prematurely and then be taken away from her arms; undergoing the possibility of losing a part of hers; revival of feelings from the understanding of the situation of the child and; the importance of the hospital's staff during the process of her child's recovering.

[The meaning of cancer in the everyday of women undergoing chemotherapeutic treatment].

The aim of this study was to reveal the feelings of women affected with breast neoplasia in their family environment. Its methodological strategy is based on the phenomenological approach, a method that seeks to reveal the phenomenon, that is, that which shows itself to itself, considering the language of the person who experiences it. When questioned about their experience with cancer, women expressed their view, their feelings and experiences with the disease.

[Palliative care: a perspective of comprehensive care for the cancer patient].

The purpose of this article is to ponder on the relevance of palliative care in assisting ill patients with neoplasias in their dwellings, since palliative care aims at giving patients and their families the best attainable quality of life. Despite the great emphasis placed upon this type of care being aimed at terminal patients, many of its principles are also applicable to initial stages of the disease, used in combination with the therapeutic measures required by the specific pathologic process. Thus, throughout this article, I outline some aspects concerning ethics, philosophy, and assistance which have guided this therapeutic modality from its start until today.