Cancer diagnosis as discursive capture: Phenomenological repercussions of being positioned within dominant constructions of cancer

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 897-903

  Willig, Carla ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer diagnosis; Discourse; Discursive positioning; Experience of illness; Phenomenological repercussions

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; PSYCHOLOGY;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; OPTIMISM; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL ASPECT;

COMMUNICATION; CULTURE; HUMANS; MORALS; NEOPLASMS; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 80052263536     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.02.028     Document Type: Article

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