Stories of the illness in a changing world of medicine

  • Rolim Neto Modesto Leite
  • Reis Alberto Olavo Advincula
Palabras clave: Stories, Doctor's attitude, Humanization, Illness, Faith

Resumen

(OBJECTIVES) This study aims at evaluating the impact caused by the doctor's attitude before those patients
who would be submitted to a surgical process and their outcome stories expressing their misfortunes and their
evaluating the doctor's behavior facing this new situation. (METHODS) The data collection was done through
interviews and a questionnaire applied by the psychological team while the patients had their hearts examined.
For the process of codification and labeling the CAQDAS (Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis
Software) was used. (RESULTS) Anxiety was almost a unanimous feeling in every story in which the patients had
the opportunity to express their feelings arisen by the illness, as well as before a potential surgery. Also, a need of
a more human contact with the doctor was told. (CONCLUSION) The patients who had any kind of faith
surprisingly had a calmer recovery process. The absence of a more human relation with the doctor gave place to a
deeper attachment to a divine figure in an attempt to overcome the fear of death.
Publicado
2013-07-08
Cómo citar
Modesto Leite, R. N., & Olavo Advincula, R. A. (2013). Stories of the illness in a changing world of medicine. Perspectivas En Psicología, 9(3), 69-72. Recuperado a partir de http://perspectivas.mdp.edu.ar/revista/index.php/pep/article/view/102
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Vol. 9 Núm. 3: ene - dic 2012
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