Embodying illness, embodying cancer

Individuals and societies embody illnesses in different ways, in part determined by the way a person knows and lives his or her diagnosis and prognosis. Based on research in Northern Italy, on the experiences and meanings of cancer and on the practice of nondisclosure of the diagnosis, we find nondi...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Culture, medicine and psychiatry medicine and psychiatry, 1990-06, Vol.14 (2), p.275-297
1. Verfasser:	Gordon, D R
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adaptation, Psychological Attitude to Death Breast Neoplasms - psychology Cross-Cultural Comparison Cultural Characteristics Female Humans Neoplasms - psychology Physician-Patient Relations Prognosis Sick Role Truth Disclosure
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