Self-identity Reconstructed through Experiences as a Cancer Patient: Focusing on Work and Life Planning

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  • Kawata Junichi
    大正大学大学院人間学研究科福祉・臨床心理学専攻

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  • がん経験の中で再構成される自己アイデンティティ——ライフプランニングにおける就労に注目して——
  • がん経験の中で再構成される自己アイデンティティ : ライフプランニングにおける就労に注目して
  • ガン ケイケン ノ ナカ デ サイコウセイ サレル ジコ アイデンティティ : ライフプランニング ニ オケル シュウロウ ニ チュウモク シテ

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<p>Currently, working is an urgent issue for “cancer patients” to survive in the background when that cancer has become chronic. It is an important problem not only as an economic issue but for a reconstruction of that self-identity. The purpose of this paper is to clarify the process of reconstructing a new self-identity “after cancer” by reorganizing the life plan and working as cancer patients. For this purpose, I conducted interviews with cancer patients who worked at the point when they were developing cancer. In this paper, I analyzed the life history of one of the cancer patients from the viewpoint of reflexive self-theory. I found that the consistency of her self-identity was guaranteed through reconstructing her life plan recursively although her experiences seemed to have been disconnected “before/after cancer.” The key to her success was a signpost of life for her to plan to continue working even after she was suffering from cancer as well as the trust built up with the people at work.</p>

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