Anxious times: a discourse analysis of women's and health professionals' constructions of the experience of breast cancer

Every day up to seven women in Aotearoa New Zealand are diagnosed with breast cancer. One in eight women will develop it at some time in their lives, and over 600 die each year, almost two a day (New Zealand Ministry of Health/NZHIS, 2014). In a culture where women's attitudes, thoughts and rea...

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Main Author: Stevenson, Linley Elizabeth (Author)
Other Authors: Payne, Deborah (Contributor), Giddings, Lynne (Contributor)
Format: Others
Published: Auckland University of Technology, 2015-03-04T00:04:59Z.
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