Kidney transplantation: experience of men in hemodialysis entered on the waiting list
Objective: to know the experiences of men with chronic renal failure under hemodialysis treatment entered on the kidney transplant waiting list. Method: qualitative study based on the principles of the National Policy for Integral Attention to Men’s Health and Masculinity, conducted with 11 particip...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2015 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC) |
| Repositorio: | Rev Rene (Online) |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:periodicos.ufc:article/2676 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/2676 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Renal Insufficiency Chronic Renal Dialysis Kidney Transplantation Men’s Health Nursing. |
| Sumario: | Objective: to know the experiences of men with chronic renal failure under hemodialysis treatment entered on the kidney transplant waiting list. Method: qualitative study based on the principles of the National Policy for Integral Attention to Men’s Health and Masculinity, conducted with 11 participants in a hemodialysis service, through serial semi-structured interviews and inductive data analysis. Results: the following categories emerged: Gaps between the health policies and the reality of the male population and Challenges and possibilities of change in the life process. Conclusion: although many of these men see hemodialysis as synonym of imprisonment, others understand it as the possibility of maintaining survival and this help them waiting for the kidney transplant. |
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