ABSTRACT

Drawing from interviews with women with metastatic breast cancer in the UK and France, in this article I analyze uncertainties linked to this condition. In particular, I show how the impossibility of foreseeing the evolution of the condition, also as an indirect consequence of medical innovation, initiates an irreparable disruption of life after diagnosis. I further show how the lives of the patients are not only limited by the illness, but also by the difficulty of finding a place in society. I argue that such experiences are best understood through the concept of the crisis of the presence.

中文翻译：

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不确定的存在：患有转移性乳腺癌的经历

摘要

根据对英国和法国转移性乳腺癌女性的采访，我在本文中分析了与这种情况相关的不确定性。特别是，我展示了无法预见病情的演变，也是医学创新的间接后果，如何在诊断后引发无法弥补的生命中断。我进一步展示了患者的生活如何不仅受到疾病的限制，而且还受到在社会上难以找到一席之地的限制。我认为最好通过在场危机的概念来理解这种体验。