%0 Journal Article %T La mort, l¡¯oubli et les plaisirs Death, forgetting and pleasures: patient pathways in breast cancer %A Anne Vega %J Anthropologie & Sant¨¦ : Revue Internationale Francophone d'Anthropologie de la Sant¨¦ %D 2012 %I Association Amades %R 10.4000/anthropologiesante.861 %X L¡¯article porte sur l¡¯origine des divergences entre les normes v¨¦hicul¨¦es par les campagnes de sant¨¦, les aspirations du personnel hospitalier et celles de patientes atteintes d¡¯un cancer du sein. Fond¨¦ sur une ¨¦tude qualitative, il souligne plusieurs d¨¦calages g¨¦n¨¦ralement peu investigu¨¦s dans les travaux recens¨¦s. Ainsi, le discours dominant exhortant les malades ¨¤ combattre la maladie et ¨¤ rester sereins s¡¯accorde mal avec les fluctuations du moral et l¡¯¨¦puisement ¨¦prouv¨¦s par les personnes interview¨¦es, quelle que soit l¡¯¨¦volution de leur pathologie. De plus, elles r¨¦agissent en fonction de leur propre exp¨¦rience de vie et la plupart cherchent ¨¤ rester elles-m¨ºmes malgr¨¦ tout . Aussi, il leur est vital de choisir leurs soutiens et de retrouver des sensations agr¨¦ables ¨¦prouv¨¦es avant la maladie. L¡¯¨¦tude souligne alors un paradoxe : ce sont les patientes qui adh¨¨rent le plus aux normes du bon malade qui expriment le plus de difficult¨¦s ¨¤ composer avec la maladie, puis ¨¤ l¡¯oublier, ou ¨¤ envisager la mort. This article looks at the origin of divergences between the norms conveyed by healthcare campaigns, the aspirations of hospital staff and those of patients with breast cancer. It is based on a qualitative study and highlights several differences which have rarely been the subject of research. The dominant discourse urging people to fight the pathology and remain calm fits poorly with the fluctuations in ¡°morale¡± and with the exhaustion endured by the interviewees, whatever the evolution of their pathology might be. Furthermore, they react in accordance with their own life experience and most of them want to remain themselves ¡°despite everything¡±. It is therefore vital for them to choose their support and to rediscover the pleasant sensations that they had enjoyed prior to the illness. The study thus underlines a paradox: it is the most ¡°compliant¡± patients who have the greatest difficulty in appropriating the illness, in forgetting it, or in considering the possibility of death. %K France %K Breast cancer %K patients %K stages of treatment %K emotions %K France %K cancer du sein %K soign¨¦s %K ¨¦tapes des soins %K ¨¦motions %U http://anthropologiesante.revues.org/861