<b>Aids in the family: perception, silence and secret in social life</b> - DOI: 10.4025/actascihealthsci.v26i1.1603

  • Afra Suelene de Sousa UFPEL
  • Luciane Prado Kantorski UFPEL
  • Valquíria de Lourdes Machado Bielemann UFPEL

Abstract

This article describes a development case study and it aims to explain, through the family perspective, their reactions when they know that one of their members is a HIV/Aids bearer, that it is fatal and charged with prejudice desease. It consists of a qualitative-nature, scriptive, analytical research, with the data being obtained in the families home. The research nstrument was a semi-structured interview involving six members of the family group. Data nalysis allowed the emergence of the matter Aids in family and it was evident the perceptions, silence and secret as a mediation possibility used by the family in social life.

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Author Biography

Afra Suelene de Sousa, UFPEL
Possui graduação em Enfermagem e Obstetrícia pela Universidade Federal da Paraíba (1978) e mestrado em Enfermagem pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (2000). Atualmente é ativo da Universidade Federal de Pelotas. Tem experiência na área de Saúde Coletiva, com ênfase em Enfermagem, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: orientação, trabalho de conclusão de curso de graduação, família, domicílio, cuidado e pacientes portadores do HIV/AIDS Currículo Lattes
Published
2008-04-04
How to Cite
Sousa, A. S. de, Kantorski, L. P., & Bielemann, V. de L. M. (2008). <b>Aids in the family: perception, silence and secret in social life</b&gt; - DOI: 10.4025/actascihealthsci.v26i1.1603. Acta Scientiarum. Health Sciences, 26(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascihealthsci.v26i1.1603
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Health Sciences

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