Abstract

NASCIMENTO, Carlos Alberto Domingues et al. ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA (AML): THE PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS OF THE ADULT PATIENT. Psicol. rev. (Belo Horizonte) [online]. 2016, vol.22, n.2, pp. 336-355. ISSN 1677-1168.  http://dx.doi.org/DOI-10.5752/P.1678-9523.2016V22N2P336.

This study aimed to characterize the psychological condition presented by the adult patients towards the Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). For that, a qualitative, descriptive and exploratory investigation was used. According to the saturation of the content, 16 women who assisted at a service of reference by the city of Recife, Pernambuco in 2002, participated in the study. The data detached a conscious knowledge of right and wrong, based, respectively, on information of both common and scientific knowledge. They have also shown that the patients, when became aware of their diagnose, may present a condition of an emotional maladjustment, leaning towards, for instance, denial. Nevertheless, during the treatment it is possible for them to evolve to a condition of an emotional adjustment. The study allowed, also, the observation of the fact that an illness leads to the development of positive attitudes of life. The data reinforced the urgency of a humanized assistance for both the patient and their family to be implemented by the professionals of health, who should be against the biomedical perspective.

Keywords : Neoplasmas; Leukemia; Emotional adjustment; Coping behavior; Lifestyle.

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