Self-care of people with intestinal ostomy: beyond the procedural towards rehabilitation.

Objectives: to interpret the self-care experience of people with intestinal ostomy registered in an ostomy program, based on the framework of the Social Model of Disability.

Methods: qualitative exploratory research, with the participation of nine people with intestinal ostomy, based on the Social Model of Disability.

Results: majority were elderly, married, male with colostomy due to colorectal neoplasia.