Breast Decrease in Perceptıon: A Qualıtatıve Study
Authors
Michel L. Francesco, José Connie Orellana
PhD, Associate Professor
Keywords:
women–loss of breast–body–nursing–social care
Abstract
Women can loss their breast due to cancer or other disease. A holistic perspective in
breast disease increase the quality of nursing care.In this study loss of breast in the
context of perception of body tried to be understood with perspective ’social body
theories’ and ’social roles’ and was aimed to draw attention to the social aspect of
care.This study designed as qualitative study. The fear of breast loss (due to cancer
or other diseases) in women can be also the fear of losing social roles such as motherhood,
femininity and sexuality.The fact that most of the participants explained
body, aesthetics, breast, loss of breast from a socio-cultural perspective was remarkable.
When women lose their breast, they can be think that will not be able to fulfill
the roles motherhood, femininity, sexuality that the society expects.Therefore, social
care should be integral to reproductive nursing care programs of women.