2004
DOI: 10.1177/1049732304263658
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Memories of Treatment: The Immediacy of Breast Cancer

Abstract: This article represents one facet of the author's research on women's experiences of embodiment after breast cancer. Herein, women's reliance on and rejection of medicalized understandings of this condition are explored via participants' descriptions of memories of treatment. Data collection consisted of 24 in-depth interviews with 12 women, using phenomenological and feminist approaches. Five themes emerged: (a) issues of control, (b) suffering, (c) encountering medicine, (d) visible loss, and (e) leaving act… Show more

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“…It has suggested that the experience of breast cancer is dependent on personal and social context [11], and that wider social and historical forces shape the perception of breast cancer and of women more generally [12].…”
Section: Women's Experiences Of Breast Cancermentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It has suggested that the experience of breast cancer is dependent on personal and social context [11], and that wider social and historical forces shape the perception of breast cancer and of women more generally [12].…”
Section: Women's Experiences Of Breast Cancermentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Future research could use writing and other arts-based approaches to explore the more complex dimensions of distress qualitatively across larger samples. In the meantime, community-based programs could effectively, and at minimal expense, address some gaps in programming, particularly since survivors' fears and uncertainties do not end with the conclusion of acute care (Howell, Hack, Oliver, Chulak, Mayo, Aubin, Chasen, et al, 2011;Thomas-MacLean, 2004a). Safe spaces may provide support to express emotions left unexamined during acute care and those that may arise subsequently.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Les futures recherches pourraient utiliser l'écriture et d'autres approches d'art-thérapie pour explorer qualitativement des dimensions plus complexes liées à la détresse auprès d'un échantillon plus vaste. Entre-temps, les programmes communautaires pourraient efficacement s'employer à résoudre des lacunes dans les programmes, et ce, à des coûts peu élevés, d'autant plus que les craintes et l'incertitude ne se terminent pas à la fin des soins actifs (Howell, Hack, Oliver, Chulak, Mayo, Aubin, Chasen et al, 2011;Thomas-MacLean, 2004a). La présence d'endroits rassurants pourrait procurer le soutien requis pour l'expression des émotions qui n'ont pas pu être analysées pendant les soins actifs ou qui peuvent surgir par la suite.…”
Section: Discussionunclassified
“…À long terme, les soins aux survivantes du cancer devraient couvrir diverses sphères -individuelle, familiale, communautaire -parce que la survie est un processus dynamique qui continue toute la vie (Pelusi, 2001). Même si les soins de soutien se terminent souvent avec la fin des soins actifs, les inquiétudes des survivants du cancer vont bien au-delà de cette période (Thomas-MacLean, 2004a). Les interventions communautaires axées sur la création, comme l'écriture, peuvent être adaptées aux besoins des participants et résoudre certaines difficultés liées à la survie.…”
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