title: Mothers and daughters: intertwining relationships and the lived experience of breast cancer.
abstract: No relationship is more profound than the positional mother- daughter dyad. Each shares a physical, emotional, and spiritual link not experienced by others. The intrusion of breast cancer alters this normative dyadic relationship. In this article we explore this change through a hermeneutic reflective narrative inquiry, incorporating Bakhtinian dialogism, of the behavioral science literature, popular press, and other resources, and use of the motet to uncover the lived experience of women in this dyadic relationship.
authors: School of Nursing, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555-1029, USA. cmwiggs@utmb.edu
authors: Carol M
authors: CM
authors: Wiggs
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D032721:Adult Children / Q000523:psychology*; D000368:Aged; D000739:Anecdotes as Topic; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008016:Life Change Events; D008875:Middle Aged; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D009769:Object Attachment; D029181:Spirituality; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology; D016387:Women's Health; D055815:Young Adult