BREAST CANCER AND THE MEDICAL ENCOUNTER: EXPERIENCES, PERCEPTIONS, NEGOTIATIONS AND TRANSFORMATIONS OF IDENTITY AND FEMININITY

It is commonly thought that breast cancer, like many other cancers, is an illness equivalent to a death sentence. Though this may be true in some cases, the majority of women diagnosed with breast cancer do survive this illness. Breast cancer is a growing illness and consequently is continuing to af...

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Main Author: Heggenstaller, Alessandra Kim
Other Authors: Prof JK Coetzee
Format: Others
Language:en-uk
Published: University of the Free State 2014
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Online Access:http://etd.uovs.ac.za//theses/available/etd-08072014-153418/restricted/