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Dienstag | 17.15 Uhr | Dying would have been easier: Surviving cancer, learning to live with and after cancer (ONLINE) Medical Anthropology Forum Prof. Dr. Karin Polit (Universität Tübingen) A few weeks before her 43rd birthday and my 40th, my sister discovered a lumpy infection on one of her breasts. The gynecologist who examined her insisted that she be admitted to the hospital immediately and have surgery as soon as possible. It turned out that she had a fast growing mamacarcinoma that was growing so fast that we had to fear for her life. The affected breast was amputated immediately and the doctors started talking to her quite quickly about chemotherapy and radiation. She always talked about how they had put her on a train that was then running. She was comfortable with it, I was not. In this lecture I will analyze her and my experiences with the German medical system during and after my sister's cancer treatment, relate them to research I did in the following years as an acting patient for the Heidelberg University Hospital, and discuss them on the basis of recent theories of medical anthropology. Streaming / Video URL https://eu02web.zoom.us/j/65913595642?pwd=N0IxMlJjSHlJV0FQY3kxSE1SdXNYdz09 Veranstalter Abteilung Ethnologie Alle Termine der Veranstaltung 'Medical Anthropology Forum - Sommersemester 2023': Dienstag, 27. Juni 2023, 17.15 Uhr Dying would have been easier: Surviving cancer, learning to live with and after cancer (ONLINE) Prof. Dr. Karin Polit (Universität Tübingen) Dienstag, 11. Juli 2023, 17.15 Uhr Blurred Boundaries: Measles as Sacred Illness in Sindh Province (ONLINE) Dr. Inayat Ali (Universität Wien) |