O que podem os corpos unidos frente ao que um câncer gera?: reflexões sobre um grupo de apoio de mulheres com diagnóstico de câncer de mama a partir da fenomenologia da vida de Michel Henry

Abstract

The following study has as its main theme to investigate the effects of belonging to a group of women with breast cancer diagnosis and to understand the process of modalization of suffering and accession to life. The first chapter of this study is about the theme of caring from Boff and the metapsychology of caring of Figueiredo. Therefore, the theme of caring contemplates the impact of breast cancer and the psychic implication of the diagnosis and treatment in the life of these women. The second chapter addresses the experiences of a supporting group of women with breast cancer which has been integrated already for eight years in the program of Preventive Medicine from a medical cooperative. The research structure is based upon the perception of the coordinator of this group as a participant observer and the report of women who participate in this group. All these reports were collected throughout this journey. The concepts of Henrynian theory, especially the concepts of modalization and accession to life, and the role of the group as caregiver served as the guideline. Taking cancer as an accursed word presents the possibility that the group may propitiate the modalization as a blessed output through the possibility of joint accession to life.