Abstract
n this article we focus on the experiences of 18 people with colorectal cancer, involved in a large longitudinal qualitative study to explore people’s experiences of cancer within the first year following diagnosis. Three depth interviews over the course of the year were carried out. During analysis, we drew on biographically informed approaches of understanding chronic illness, particularly the work of Bury and Charmaz, to explore the extent to which people within the first year following diagnosis experience cancer as biographically disruptive. We explore the biographical work that individuals carry out in the context of an assault on their identity and discuss the relevance of the concept biographical disruption for people who experience cancer as an acute, chronic and/or life-threatening condition.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 131-146 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | Health |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Mar 2010 |
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- identity
- diagnosis
- cancer
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Disrupted lives and threats to identity: the experiences of people with colorectal cancer within the first year following diagnosis. / Hubbard, Gill; Kidd, Lisa; Kearney, Nora.
In: Health, Vol. 14, No. 2, 01.03.2010, p. 131-146.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Disrupted lives and threats to identity: the experiences of people with colorectal cancer within the first year following diagnosis
AU - Hubbard, Gill
AU - Kidd, Lisa
AU - Kearney, Nora
N1 - <p>Originally published in: Health (2010), 14 (2), pp.131-146.</p>
PY - 2010/3/1
Y1 - 2010/3/1
N2 - n this article we focus on the experiences of 18 people with colorectal cancer, involved in a large longitudinal qualitative study to explore people’s experiences of cancer within the first year following diagnosis. Three depth interviews over the course of the year were carried out. During analysis, we drew on biographically informed approaches of understanding chronic illness, particularly the work of Bury and Charmaz, to explore the extent to which people within the first year following diagnosis experience cancer as biographically disruptive. We explore the biographical work that individuals carry out in the context of an assault on their identity and discuss the relevance of the concept biographical disruption for people who experience cancer as an acute, chronic and/or life-threatening condition.
AB - n this article we focus on the experiences of 18 people with colorectal cancer, involved in a large longitudinal qualitative study to explore people’s experiences of cancer within the first year following diagnosis. Three depth interviews over the course of the year were carried out. During analysis, we drew on biographically informed approaches of understanding chronic illness, particularly the work of Bury and Charmaz, to explore the extent to which people within the first year following diagnosis experience cancer as biographically disruptive. We explore the biographical work that individuals carry out in the context of an assault on their identity and discuss the relevance of the concept biographical disruption for people who experience cancer as an acute, chronic and/or life-threatening condition.
KW - identity
KW - diagnosis
KW - cancer
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DO - 10.1177/1363459309353294
M3 - Article
VL - 14
SP - 131
EP - 146
JO - Health
JF - Health
SN - 1363-4593
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