The aim of this qualitative study was to understand how the relationship between adolescent mothers and prematurely born babies develops by knowing the feelings of the mothers relative to their babies. Twenty adolescent mothers of premature babies were investigated at the Neonatal Intensive Care Units of three public hospitals, in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, from August to October, 2004. Based on the thematic ana...
Being a chronic disease, cancer in children is a progressive disease that imposes changes in the life of the children and their families, requiring adaptations and strategies to face the new situation. This qualitative study aimed at understanding how family caregivers experience home care of children under chemotherapy. This article discusses the case of a caregiver of a child with cancer cared at the daycare ...