摘要：The present study has the goal to understand how is the family living of people with HIV and AIDS. It is an ethnographic case study in which participant observation and interviews were used. The data collected is organized in cultural domains which were: family living before and after the diagnosis; communicaton process of the pesons with HIV and AIDS and their families; expression of family support after developing aids; family coping with homossexuality. The central focus of the study enphazises feelings of solitude and isolation of these people, and the importance of the support in the adaptation in the new life style. This study demontrates the need of nursing intervention with other health professionals with the families and clients for them to find new ways of life and to make possible humanization of care.
其他摘要：The present study has the goal to understand how is the family living of people with HIV and AIDS. It is an ethnographic case study in which participant observation and interviews were used. The data collected is organized in cultural domains which were: family living before and after the diagnosis; communicaton process of the pesons with HIV and AIDS and their families; expression of family support after developing aids; family coping with homossexuality. The central focus of the study enphazises feelings of solitude and isolation of these people, and the importance of the support in the adaptation in the new life style. This study demontrates the need of nursing intervention with other health professionals with the families and clients for them to find new ways of life and to make possible humanization of care.
关键词：Família;Cuidados de enfermagem;HIV;Family;Nursing care
