Psicologia & Sociedade
Print version ISSN 0102-7182
MORI, Valéria D. and REY, Fernando L. González. Reflections on the social and the individual on the experience of cancer. Psicol. Soc. [online]. 2011, vol.23, n.spe, pp. 99-108. ISSN 0102-7182. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0102-71822011000400013.
In this paper we discuss the subjective processes that constitute the basis of aspects of individual and social subjectivity in the experience of a patient with cancer, based on the understanding of subjectivity from a historical-cultural stand point. This research was carried out through the case study of a person who had cancer. The analyses was oriented on a qualitative methodology of a constructive-interpretative nature, the qualitative epistemology proposed by González Rey. In the process of building up information different hypoteses arise and are organized on indicators constructed by the researchers that are the basis for the theoretical constructions. In this analysis, it's possible to understand the different subjective aspects that constitute the processes of health and illness.
Keywords : cancer; subjectivity; subjective sense.