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16968314

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-9-13
pubmed:abstractText
The aim of this qualitative research was to understand why some people with cancer take up art as a leisure activity, and how visual art-making in daily life might support identity maintenance/reconstruction. The study forms part of a larger project with people who view art-making as a resource for living with chronic illness. In order to provide a detailed, holistic analysis, the paper focuses on the accounts and artwork of three participants, two women (aged 47 and 59 years) each with breast cancer, and a man (aged 51 years) with stomach and lung cancer. The participants turned to art after a process of reflection but did not necessarily reject their pre-illness lifestyles or selves. Rather, art-making afforded many opportunities to retain familiar personal and social identities, and to resist being dominated by labels related to their illness. A practical implication is that people coping with cancer may need not only cognitive and emotional support, but opportunities to find meaningful activities. Such activities can be understood to have a powerful role in maintaining a familiar, positive identity in cancer, and providing a resource for coping.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
N
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0961-5423
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
333-41
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
The role of art-making in identity maintenance: case studies of people living with cancer.
pubmed:affiliation
School of Health Sciences and Social Care, Brunel University, Middlesex, UK. frances.reynolds@brunel.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports