Citation

Wilkinson S. Health (London) 2001; 5(2): 269-277.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, SAGE Publishing)

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Abstract

In this commentary, I identify two sets of coercive ‘discourses and practices’ which typically oppress women with breast cancer: the imperative of concealment and the notion of personal blame and responsibility for their illness. I examine how a feminist analysis can support and encourage resistance to such coercive ‘discourses and practices’, and I argue for a thoroughgoing feminist approach to breast cancer more generally.