Perception of women with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy: a comprehensive analysis.

Objective: To comprehensively analyze the perception of women with breast cancer on the experience of undergoing chemotherapy.

Method: This was a qualitative, descriptive, phenomenological study, supported by the Merleau-Ponty philosophy. It was conducted in a chemotherapy outpatient clinic with 20 participants who completed a phenomenological interview.

[Ethical dilemmas in ICU: contributions of Max Scheler's Theory of Values].

The study aimed to reflect, based on the theoretical framework of Max Scheler, about the ethical dilemmas experienced by nurses in the ICU, and about the values that guide their actions and decisions,. This is qualitative research, and ten ICU nurses have been interviewed at a university hospital. It was identified the experience of ethical dilemmas related to the terminality related to the limits of intervention and use of material resources, as well as the issue of blood transfusion in case of religious restrictions.