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The experience of women carriers of BRCA mutations following risk-reducing surgery: A cultural perspective.

Health care for women international - 1 Apr 2017

Mahat-Shamir Michal, Possick Chaya

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In this qualitative study, we examine the experience of 13 Jewish Israeli women carriers of BRCA mutations following risk-reducing surgery. Thematic analysis of in-depth, semi-structured interview texts yielded three themes: (a) dialectic of vulnerability and control, (b) presentation of self as a "normal" woman, and (c) genetic chain of negative life events and guilt. Aspects of Israeli culture impacting...

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PMID: 27926354
DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2016.1267182

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