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标题：Embodying Knowledge of Breast Cancer in a Disembodied Community?
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作者：Vanessa Bradshaw ; Cynthia Witney ; Lelia Green 等
期刊名称：M/C Journal
印刷版ISSN：1441-2616
出版年度：2012
卷号：15
期号：04
页码：1-4
出版社：M/C - Media and Culture
摘要：Few life experiences have a greater impact upon the sense of self than the diagnosis of a life-challenging illness. Breast cancer is such an illness, and the sudden transition from 'well' to 'ill' is unsettling for a person's sense of knowing who they are in 'their' own body. What you know about your body, what others know about your body and what your biology knows about your body become suddenly problematic. This paper addresses what people know about their bodies before and after experiencing a breast cancer diagnosis by examining relevant theory and empirical data drawn from an online community for people with breast cancer, their families and supporters.