Titre :
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Sociology of Diagnosis. Cancer diagnosis as discursive capture : Phenomenological repercussions of being positioned within dominant constructions of cancer. (2011)
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Auteurs :
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WILLIG (Carla) : GBR. City University. London Department of Psychology. School of Social Sciences. Northampton Square. London. ;
JUTEL (Annemarie) / éd. : NZL. Victoria University of Wellington. ;
NETTLETON (Sarah) / éd. : GBR. University of York.
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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Social science and medicine (vol. 73, n° 6, 2011)
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Pagination :
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897-903
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Cancer
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Diagnostic
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Construction
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Communication
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Homme
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS ECFlR0xq. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. This paper is concerned with the phenomenological repercussions of being positioned within widely available discursive constructions of cancer. One of the many challenges of being diagnosed with cancer is that it requires the person to make sense of the diagnosis and to find meaning in their changed circumstances. From a social constructionist point of view, such meaning is made out of discursive resources which are available within one's culture. This paper critically reviews some of the dominant discourses surrounding cancer which are available within English-speaking Western industrialized cultures. It maps out the discursive positions available to those diagnosed with cancer and it traces some of their implications for how cancer may be experienced and how it may be lived with. As such, this paper is concerned with the social and psychological consequences of being positioned within dominant cancer discourses.
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