Female caregivers accompanying children with cancer in the hospital setting.

Authors

  • Wiliam Wegner Centro Universitário Metodista IPA
  • Eva Neri Rubim Pedro Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Keywords:

Caregivers, Patient Escort Service, Child Hospitalized, Neoplasm, Health Education, Nursing

Abstract

The possibility of having a companion is a constitutional right guaranteed to children, elderly and parturients.
Independently of their stage in the life cycle, having a companion is a situation socially and culturally determined
in Brazil. This is a qualitative, descriptive-exploratory and interventionist study that aims to describe and discuss
the perceptions of female caregivers of children with cancer while accompanying them at the hospital. Data were
collected through a focal group with nine women, between March and May, 2007 at a teaching hospital in Porto
Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The thematic analyses shows the participants’ passive and kind behavior in the
face of daily adversities, reflection of the power and authority conditions of the institutional objectives, so common
in health scenarios in the Brazilian reality. Emancipation could be reached through educative strategies, characterized
by information and dissemination of users’ rights as well as critical and demanding attitudes from the user when
confronted.

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Author Biographies

Wiliam Wegner, Centro Universitário Metodista IPA

Enfermeiro;

Professor Titular do Centro Universitário Metodista IPA;

Doutorando em Enfermagem - EEUFRGS;

Tem experiência na área da Saúde da Criança, Adolescente e Família; Saúde Coletiva; Segurança do paciente; Pesquisa em enfermagem;

Eva Neri Rubim Pedro, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Enfermeira.

Doutora em Educação;

Professora Adjunta do Departamento Materno-Infantil;

Vice Diretora da Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul;

Tem experiência em pesquisa qualitativa, área da criança, adolescente, mulher e família.

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Published

2011-05-19

How to Cite

1.
Wegner W, Pedro ENR. Female caregivers accompanying children with cancer in the hospital setting. Rev Gaúcha Enferm [Internet]. 2011 May 19 [cited 2025 Apr. 27];31(4):678. Available from: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/rgenf/article/view/12199

Issue

Vol. 31 No. 4 (2010)

Section

Artigos Originais

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