Transformation of women with breast cancer in Mainland China using a seven-step model of mindfulness-based narrative therapy (MBNT)

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12914517
AutoresYuk Yee Karen Lee (Christian Family Service Centre, autor correspondente), XU Huanling (Jiangmen Central Hospital), Jianling Liang (Wuyi University), Cuishi Zhan, Xin Fang (0009-0000-1803-483X)
Ano2022
Volume16
Fascículo1
Páginas59-79
Data de publicação2022-11-28
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoChina Journal of Social Work (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1752-5098 • E-ISSN: 1752-5101
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17525098.2022.2134573
OpenAlexW4310137263
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas27

Women with breast cancer in China must exert considerable effort to resist stigma and the impact of treatment side effects. They suffer not only the overwhelming consequences of bodily disfigurement but also gender stigmatisation, with adverse impacts on their mental and sexual health. Research from Western countries indicates that most women with cancer report some “beneficial” consequences of their breast cancer experience. In the mindfulness-based narrative therapy (MBNT) project reported in this article, researchers collaborated with health professionals and female patients from a breast cancer hospital in Mainland China to develop an intervention approach. This article aims to demonstrate how social workers adopted MBNT for a self-help group for Chinese women with breast cancer to enable the women to discover the “gain” of “illness”, which provides a source of power to combat self-stigmatisation

Breast cancer · Cancer · China · Disfigurement · Intervention (counseling · Mainland China · Mental health · Mindfulness · Narrative · Psychiatry · Psychotherapist · Clinical Psychology · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics · Family Support in Illness · History · Medicine · Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions · Psychology · Surgery