Discordant Feelings in the Lifeworld of Cancer Survivors

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4949280
AutoresH Mckenzie (0000-0001-9998-6292, The University of Sydney, autor correspondente), Mira Crouch (0000-0001-9821-1209, UNSW Sydney)
Ano2004
Volume8
Fascículo2
Páginas139-157
Data de publicação2004-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoHealth An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health Illness and Medicine (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1363-4593 • E-ISSN: 1461-7196
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1363459304041067
PMID15068634
OpenAlexW1969863890
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas24
Referências citadas36

This article concerns persons who live in uncertainty following an earlier diagnosis of (and completed treatment for) cancer. Fear of recurrence of the disease underlies the uncertainty and the attendant perception of being profoundly endangered, more 'at risk' than anyone else. Such a reflective assessment engenders a sense of separation from the everyday 'practical consciousness' that seems effortlessly to be shared by 'ordinary' others. The mismatch between the interaction order and individual psychology gives rise to interpersonal emotional dissonance, which forms a significant aspect of the chronic suffering contained in the 'at-risk illness' experience of cancer survivors. The article examines the emotional patterns involved in their situation and seeks to elucidate the pain that accompanies their alienation from the lifeworld in which nonetheless they must continue to dwell

Alienation · Cognitive dissonance · Consciousness · Disappointment · Disease · Epistemology · Existentialism · Feeling · Interpersonal communication · Lifeworld · Perception · Psychotherapist · Sociology · Cultural, Psychoanalytic, and Sociopolitical Reflections · Empathy and Medical Education · Medicine · Mental Health and Patient Involvement · Psychology · Social Psychology