TY - JOUR
T1 - Mothers and Daughters
T2 - Intertwining Relationships and the Lived Experience of Breast Cancer
AU - Wiggs, Carol M.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - No relationship is more profound than the positional mother- daughter dyad. Each shares a physical, emotional, and spiritual link not experienced by others. The intrusion of breast cancer alters this normative dyadic relationship. In this article we explore this change through a hermeneutic reflective narrative inquiry, incorporating Bakhtinian dialogism, of the behavioral science literature, popular press, and other resources, and use of the motet to uncover the lived experience of women in this dyadic relationship.
AB - No relationship is more profound than the positional mother- daughter dyad. Each shares a physical, emotional, and spiritual link not experienced by others. The intrusion of breast cancer alters this normative dyadic relationship. In this article we explore this change through a hermeneutic reflective narrative inquiry, incorporating Bakhtinian dialogism, of the behavioral science literature, popular press, and other resources, and use of the motet to uncover the lived experience of women in this dyadic relationship.
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U2 - 10.1080/07399332.2011.603858
DO - 10.1080/07399332.2011.603858
M3 - Article
C2 - 21978145
AN - SCOPUS:84855769132
SN - 0739-9332
VL - 32
SP - 990
EP - 1008
JO - Health Care for Women International
JF - Health Care for Women International
IS - 11
ER -