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Ua61/6 Newsletter, Issue 2, Wku Institute For Rural Health Development & Research Oct 2003

Ua61/6 Newsletter, Issue 2, Wku Institute For Rural Health Development & Research

WKU Archives Records

Newsletter created by and about the Institute for Rural Health Development & Research. This issue contains:

  • College of Health & Human Services Has New Dean – John Bonaguro
  • Simpson, Staci. Institute Aims to Improve Oral Health of Children
  • Whitfield, Beth. WKU Mobile Unit KICS Off Dental Event with Webster County – Kentucky Interdisciplinary Community Screening
  • Stone, Glynda. TEACH KY: Teachers Exploring & Advocating Careers in Health in Kentucky
  • Institute Sponsors Hispanic Health Fair
  • HIV Prevention Counseling & Testing Training Program Initiated at WKU
  • New Web-based Course Offered Through Communications Disorders Department at WKU
  • Lashley, Donita. Child Passenger Safety Training
  • Handy, …


Storying The Body : Women's Narratives Through The Lens Of Breast Cancer, Janet A. Griffin Jan 2003

Storying The Body : Women's Narratives Through The Lens Of Breast Cancer, Janet A. Griffin

Theses : Honours

What can women's narratives contribute to our understanding of breast cancer and to feminist theories of the body? This thesis explores the meanings women construct to make sense of embodied experiences of breast cancer, and the profound experience of breast loss. Rich contextual data was elicited from in depth, guided conversations with five premenopausal women who have undergone mastectomy. Adopting feminist methodology, biographic-narrative was used to place the body at the heart of inquiry. This thesis explores the personal and theoretical meanings of mastectomy, embedded in the larger story of how these five women experience their breasts, throughout their lives. …