Women's lived experiences of the breast cancer trajectory: the waiting period for treatment and the impacts on feminine identity

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dc.contributor.authorMulder, Anjaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-28T06:49:43Z
dc.date.available2014-07-28T06:49:43Z
dc.date.issued2012-11en_ZA
dc.description.abstractBreast cancer, according to research, is diagnosed in approximately one in every twenty-nine women in South Africa. Differences in gender, race and class produce disparities in health care, subjecting lower class women to lengthy waiting periods between diagnosis and treatment. Present research studies on breast cancer predominantly use quantitative methods. To understand women's lived experiences of the breast cancer trajectory this study explores experiences encountered during the waiting period, as well as the impacts of breast cancer and its treatment on feminine identity. For this a qualitative method was applied. Semistructured, in-depth interviews were conducted with five black and coloured breast cancer patients residing at two of CANSA's care homes. Participants varied in age and phases of treatment, were all married or widowed, had minor dependants, and had all travelled from distant and outlying areas. Based on a thematic analysis, six themes emerged from the data collected. These included: First experiences of cancer in the body; breast cancer and waiting periods from the patient's perspective; sources of support; meanings and perceptions of being a woman; conceptualising disease, and patients' needs. The analysis illustrates the importance of researching women's lived experiences and highlights that these need to be understood within a framework of socially constructed notions of gender, race and class in order to improve breast cancer treatment and psycho-social care.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationMulder, A. (2012). <i>Women's lived experiences of the breast cancer trajectory: the waiting period for treatment and the impacts on feminine identity</i>. (Dissertation). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Gender Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/2661en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMulder, Anja. <i>"Women's lived experiences of the breast cancer trajectory: the waiting period for treatment and the impacts on feminine identity."</i> Dissertation., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Gender Studies, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/2661en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMulder, A. 2012-11. Women's lived experiences of the breast cancer trajectory: the waiting period for treatment and the impacts on feminine identity. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Mulder, Anja AB - Breast cancer, according to research, is diagnosed in approximately one in every twenty-nine women in South Africa. Differences in gender, race and class produce disparities in health care, subjecting lower class women to lengthy waiting periods between diagnosis and treatment. Present research studies on breast cancer predominantly use quantitative methods. To understand women's lived experiences of the breast cancer trajectory this study explores experiences encountered during the waiting period, as well as the impacts of breast cancer and its treatment on feminine identity. For this a qualitative method was applied. Semistructured, in-depth interviews were conducted with five black and coloured breast cancer patients residing at two of CANSA's care homes. Participants varied in age and phases of treatment, were all married or widowed, had minor dependants, and had all travelled from distant and outlying areas. Based on a thematic analysis, six themes emerged from the data collected. These included: First experiences of cancer in the body; breast cancer and waiting periods from the patient's perspective; sources of support; meanings and perceptions of being a woman; conceptualising disease, and patients' needs. The analysis illustrates the importance of researching women's lived experiences and highlights that these need to be understood within a framework of socially constructed notions of gender, race and class in order to improve breast cancer treatment and psycho-social care. DA - 2012-11 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2012 T1 - Women's lived experiences of the breast cancer trajectory: the waiting period for treatment and the impacts on feminine identity TI - Women's lived experiences of the breast cancer trajectory: the waiting period for treatment and the impacts on feminine identity UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/2661 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/2661
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMulder A. Women's lived experiences of the breast cancer trajectory: the waiting period for treatment and the impacts on feminine identity. [Dissertation]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Gender Studies, 2012 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/2661en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentGender Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.relation.ispartofseriesKnowledge Co-op project #46. Patients awaiting treatmenten_ZA
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Internationalen_ZA
dc.rights.holderKnowledge Co-open_ZA
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/en_ZA
dc.subject.otherbreast canceren_ZA
dc.subject.othergenderen_ZA
dc.subject.otherpatient advocacyen_ZA
dc.subject.otherhealth disparitiesen_ZA
dc.subject.otherrural areaen_ZA
dc.titleWomen's lived experiences of the breast cancer trajectory: the waiting period for treatment and the impacts on feminine identityen_ZA
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uct.type.resourceDissertationen_ZA
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