Journal article
Disclosing a cancer diagnosis to friends and family: a gendered analysis of young men's and women's experiences.
- Abstract:
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Little is known about how young adults disclose their cancer diagnosis to family and friends, and whether there are similarities or differences between men and women. This article compares young adults' experiences of disclosing a cancer diagnosis, drawing on narrative interviews with 37 respondents aged 18 to 34 years. Most respondents were open about their diagnosis, and there were striking similarities in the difficulties that men and women described and in their desire to protect relative...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- Qualitative health research
- Volume:
- 19
- Issue:
- 6
- Pages:
- 744-754
- Publication date:
- 2009-06-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1552-7557
- ISSN:
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1049-7323
- Source identifiers:
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220766
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:220766
- UUID:
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uuid:5023cf1b-ce93-4fcd-8e08-e5efc3b18d9e
- Local pid:
- pubs:220766
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- Copyright date:
- 2009
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