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Embodied risk for families with Li-Fraumeni syndrome: Like electricity through my body.
Social science & medicine (1982) - 1 May 2022
Werner-Lin Allison, Forbes Shepherd Rowan, Young Jennifer L, Wilsnack Catherine, Merrill Shana L, Greene Mark H, Khincha Payal P
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INTRODUCTION: Experiences of illness change the physical body and embodiments, or the ways in which the world and the self are known through the body. When illness is anticipated, such as with inherited cancer predisposition syndromes, risk becomes embodied and shared in family groups. Embodied risk is experienced whether or not symptoms have manifested. To examine how individuals and families with genetic risk...
Topics
- Early Detection of Cancer
- Electricity
- Family
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Li-Fraumeni Syndrome