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CANCER PERSONALITY

There is something interesting and at the same time disturbing about the idea that cancer emerges as a result of behaviour, or “personality type”.  Following the psychological research on cancer patients that begun in the 1950’s, the type C personality was formulated. So what characterises this “cancer personality”?
Bacon (1952) studied breast cancer patients and found [...]

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2009 08 25 meta Comments (0)

risk

The interesting thing in treating this kind of behaviour as an expression of parental protection is that it is a measure aiming to protect the child not from an imminent danger but from risk. The focus on avoidance rather than treatment is a result of our “Risk Society” and reflection of a Health & Safety [...]

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2009 07 30 responsibility Comments (0)

PROTECTION

The mother’s drive to protect her children is the most powerful heroic instinct we know. Having children is a way of ensuring our genes are passed on to the next generation. Humans usually have just one child at a time, so they are prepared to do virtually anything to ensure their children are safe.
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2009 07 29 ethics Comments (0)