Faculty and Staff Publications

Authors

Renee J Flores

Language

English

Publication Date

1-1-2024

Journal

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

DOI

10.1017/S0963180123000373

PMID

37551141

Abstract

This is a personal essay about breasts. It focuses on my experiences as a young girl, moving through adolescence to a history of breast cancer in my family, including my mother's breast cancer diagnosis. As a physician, patient, and wife, I reflect on the choices that I have to make and what this means for my identity as a woman and mother.

Keywords

Female, Adolescent, Humans, Breast Neoplasms, Spouses, breast cancer, breast cancer prevention, breasts, loss, narrative medicine

Published Open-Access

yes

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