Revisiting biographical disruption: Exploring individual embodied illness experience in people with terminal cancer

"Biographical accounts of illness offer useful insights into the social and adaptive processes of living with chronic illness. Yet there are concerns that the underlying theoretical assumptions of a reflexive self seeking to maintain meaning may not reflect the lived experience of individuals....We discuss the possibilities for new approaches to clinical assessment and management of need."

Disrupted lives and threats to identity: The experiences of people with colorectal cancer within the first year following diagnosis -- Hubbard et al. 14 (2): 131 -- Health:

Note: It's very unfortunate that this is not full access as it would apply across cancer domains.

"We conclude that universal application of the concept biographical disruption to the experience of cancer within the first year of diagnosis is not appropriate. This study has implications for cancer services, in particular, the findings call for the development of interventions to support those people who experience cancer as an assault on their identity."