THE IMPACT OF CANCER ON ADOLESCENTS: CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE HOSPITAL SCHOOL FOR THE CONFRONTATION PROCESS.

Abstract

Cancer in adolescents gathers the fear of a body in transformation, the inhibition of sexuality, the shadowy presence of death, the discovery of the hospitals world, as well as the absence of family, friends, and personal and school life. Facing this reality, this article uses bibliographical research to discuss the meaning of leaving school for those adolescents. The research reinforces that adolescents denounce schools because these institutions do not understand what they have been experiencing. The importance of this study is to demonstrate the contributions that the hospital class brings to these young patients, in the process of continuing their school studies so that they do not fail in school, do not become repeaters and do not interrupt their studies. This study aims at showing that the hospital class work consists of respect for human beings, for their dignity, their freedom, and their inalienable rights.