Estrategias de afrontamiento utilizadas por los pacientes diagnosticados con leucemia linfoblastica aguda pertenecientes a la unidad hematologica especializada.

Abstract

Objective: the central foundation of this study is aimed to describe the coping strategies used by patients diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in relation to the diagnosis belonging to haematological Specialized Unit as indeed in health systems diagnosis is becoming less humanized and the patient and family are faced with physical, social and psychological changes as a result of their illness and medical procedures to which they are subjected. Method: research will conduct qualitative as it seeks to describe and analyze coping strategies besides phenomenological design was implemented to investigate the different strategies found in the study population are patients diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia Hematologic Specialized Unit in Cucuta. The research aims to explore coping strategies with patients diagnosed with leukemia hematologic Unit walked to the skills and aspects of psycho-oncology pretending improve prognosis in treatment.