The stories women tell: living with cancer and care

Harrington, Michelle

dc.contributor.advisor	Kotzé, Dirk, 1950-	en
dc.contributor.advisor	Kotzé, Elmarie, 1954-	en
dc.contributor.author	Harrington, Michelle	en
dc.date.accessioned	2009-08-25T10:48:14Z
dc.date.available	2009-08-25T10:48:14Z
dc.date.issued	2001-11
dc.date.submitted	2002-01-01	en
dc.identifier.citation	Harrington, Michelle (2001) The stories women tell: living with cancer and care, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/958>	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/958
dc.description.abstract	This research was aimed at listening to the care stories of people living with cancer in remission. The participants spoke about relationships with their families, medical professionals and their spirituality, thereby giving a voice to personal experiences of cancer as part of family life. Postmodern social construction discourse guided the explaining of how cancer invades and affects people's Jives and relationships. This participatory action research was situated in a contextual practical theology. Narrative conversations with the participants spoke about experiences of both care and communication by medical professionals, their struggles in communicating with their partners and families, their spiritual search and longing for pastoral care to sustain and guide them.	en
dc.format.extent	1 online resource (v, 109 leaves)
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.subject	Cancer	en
dc.subject	Women living with cancer
dc.subject	Relationships
dc.subject	Communication
dc.subject	Medical profession
dc.subject	Spirituality
dc.subject	Care
dc.subject	Ethics of care
dc.subject	Narrative pastoral
dc.subject	Contextual practical theology
dc.subject	Qualitative research
dc.subject	Participatory action research
dc.subject.ddc	259.496994
dc.subject.lcsh	Pastoral counseling
dc.subject.lcsh	Women -- Pastoral counseling of
dc.subject.lcsh	Church work with women
dc.subject.lcsh	Cancer -- Women -- Pastoral counseling of
dc.subject.lcsh	Cancer -- Social aspects
dc.subject.lcsh	Cancer -- Patients -- Family relationships
dc.subject.lcsh	Cancer -- Religious aspects
dc.subject.lcsh	Cancer -- Psychological aspects
dc.subject.lcsh	Cancer -- Family -- Psychological aspects
dc.subject.lcsh	Cancer -- Patients -- Pastoral counseling of
dc.subject.lcsh	Communication in medicine
dc.subject.lcsh	Medical personnel and patient
dc.subject.lcsh	Hope -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
dc.title	The stories women tell: living with cancer and care	en
dc.type	Dissertation	en
dc.description.department	Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology	en
dc.description.degree	M.Th. (Pastoral Therapy)	en