Being the monster: Women's narratives of body and self after treatment for breast cancer

Medical Humanities

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-56

  Rosenblatt, Laurie ^a  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DISABILITY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER THERAPY; CASE REPORT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MASTECTOMY; NARRATIVE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; SELF CONCEPT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33745202398     PISSN: 1468215X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmh.2004.000212     Document Type: Article

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