Objective: to characterize the population served by the Assistance Program for Ostomy Patients. Methods: cross- -sectional study, based on data from the Assistance Program for Ostomy Patients. Population of 852 registered patients. A form containing sociodemographic and clinical variables was used. Data analyzed by average comparison, using Student’s ‘t’ test and analysis of variance. Results: the age group mos...
To comprehend the serodiscordance and individual HIV vulnerability in being-with-another serodiscordant relationships. A qualitative study anchored in the Hermeneutic Phenomenology of Martin Heidegger. Eight seropositive patients and their serodiscordant partners participated in the study, totalizing 16 participants. The interview was the instrument used to obtain narratives experienced by the couples. The phen...