羞耻
柱头(植物学)
乳腺癌
定性研究
疾病
医学
阴茎癌
介绍(产科)
男性乳腺癌
心理学
癌症
精神科
社会心理学
病理
外科
内科学
社会学
社会科学
出处
期刊:Mortality
[Informa]
日期:2023-06-11
卷期号:29 (4): 692-705
标识
DOI:10.1080/13576275.2023.2215704
摘要
As one of the India's rarest kinds of cancer, Male Breast Cancer (MBC) manifests in late presentation, delayed diagnosis, often in the terminal stage, and shock because of a complete unawareness and lack of prior knowledge about the existence of such a disease. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 6 MBC patients of whom 5 patients died within 7–16 months after their respective diagnosis, 9 members of their families, and 5 physicians, this study has revealed that dying with MBC in India is doubly stigmatised as the patients with cancer, which is perceived as a stigma itself, have been diagnosed with an illness of supposed feminine organ, that challenges the masculine identity of the patients. The sense of shame and stigma often results in concealment of the reality from others, and in some instances, the family members also practice complete nondisclosure to the MBC patients themselves to protect them from the sense of 'indignity' associated with a 'woman's disease'.
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