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Korean Women’s Breast Cancer Experience

Eun-Ok Im

School of Nursing, University of Texas, Austin

Eun Ok Lee

College of Nursing, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea

Young Sook Park

College of Nursing, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea

Mary K. Salazar, Ed.D., R.N., COHN-S

School of Nursing, Department of Psychosocial, Community Health, University of Washington, Seattle

The purpose of this study was to explore cultural meanings of breast cancer among Korean women in South Korea. A descriptive longitudinal study using methodological triangulation was conducted, and only qualitative findings are presented in this article. Ten Korean women who were newly diagnosed with a plan of surgery and subsequent chemotherapy, who did have severe fatigue at the time of recruitment, were recruited through Seoul National University Hospital. Data were collected using in-depth, 2-hour interviews and analyzed using thematic analysis. The themes emerged through the analysis process included: (a) "I did wrong," (b) "I cannot ask male physicians," (c) "I don’t want to show the operation site to my husband," and (d) "I do household tasks by myself." The overriding theme was marginalization of the women within the context of their patriarchal culture. The findings suggest that culture is an important context circumscribing women’s health/illness experience.

Western Journal of Nursing Research, Vol. 24, No. 7, 751-771 (2002)
DOI: 10.1177/019394502762476960
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