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The paper discusses breast cancer because it affects the entire family in terms of roles, economics, lifestyle change, and stress. The paper relates that according to Feldman and Broussard (2006), breast cancer and its treatment produce a psychosocial impact that creates a ripple effect. The paper discusses how the effect moves from the patient to her partner and then to the whole family; the family's basic identity is then changed because of the many challenges (Feldman & Broussard, 2006). The paper then shows how from a sociological perspective of symbolic interactionism, we see how breast cancer is filled with meanings.

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"There are many forms of cancer that affect both sexes such as brain, liver and lymph node cancer. Some cancers affect just men, and others such a breast cancer can happen to both men and women. The focus will be on breast cancer because it affects the entire family in terms of roles, economics, lifestyle change, and stress. According to Feldman and Broussard (2006), breast cancer and its treatment produce a psychosocial impact that creates a ripple effect. The effect moves from the patient to her partner and then to the whole family; the family's basic identity is..."

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