Thomas-MacLean Roanne
Dalhousie University Family, Medicine Teaching Unit, Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital, P.O. Box 9000, Priestman St. Fredericton, NB Canada E3B 5N5.
Soc Sci Med. 2004 May;58(9):1647-57. doi: 10.1016/S0277-9536(03)00372-1.
While breast cancer narratives have become prevalent in Western culture, few researchers have explored the structure of such narratives, relying instead on some form of thematic analysis based upon content. Although such analyses are valuable, Arthur Frank (The Wounded Storyteller, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1995) provides researchers with an additional means of studying stories of illness, through the examination of their structures. In this article, the author applies Frank's work to a phenomenological study of embodiment after breast cancer. Frank's three narrative types are used to enhance understanding of the ways in which stories are culturally constructed, using data collected through one focus group discussion and two in-depth interviews with each of 12 women who had experienced breast cancer. The author then conveys the significance of this form of analysis for future research.
虽然乳腺癌的故事在西方文化中已很普遍，但很少有研究者探索此类故事的结构，而是依赖基于内容的某种形式的主题分析。尽管这种分析很有价值，但亚瑟·弗兰克（《受伤的讲述者》，芝加哥大学出版社，芝加哥，1995年）通过研究疾病故事的结构，为研究者提供了另一种研究疾病故事的方法。在本文中，作者将弗兰克的研究成果应用于乳腺癌后身体体验的现象学研究。通过对一个焦点小组讨论以及对12名乳腺癌患者每人进行的两次深度访谈所收集的数据，运用弗兰克的三种叙事类型来加深对故事在文化上构建方式的理解。作者随后阐述了这种分析形式对未来研究的意义。
