Mothering Death: A Psychosocial Interpretation of Breast Cancer Biography
In this article I take as my point of departure a puzzle presented by a woman who had an apparently ‘bizarre’ reaction to a breast cancer diagnosis. In the clinic, she had exclaimed: “I would rather die than lose the breast!”. My aim is to unpack layers in this woman’s embodied and enculturated expe...
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Language: | English |
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State Library & Aalborg University
2021-01-01
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Series: | Qualitative Studies |
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Online Access: | https://tidsskrift.dk/qual/article/view/124454 |