When chronicity meets cyclicity: The cultivation of embodied knowledge and selfhood by cis-gender women with cystic fibrosis

• Main Authors: Sandy Sufian (Author), Rebecca Mueller (Author), Elinor Langfelder-Schwind (Author), Katherine Caldwell (Author), Georgia Brown (Author), Molly Ruben (Author), Sheila Mody (Author), Patricia Walker (Author), Emily Godfrey (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2024-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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This article offers the case of cystic fibrosis (CF), a multi-system disease, to illustrate how individuals with chronic illness cultivate and apply embodied knowledge to optimize their well-being. We identified three interrelated processes that occur when disease chronicity and menstrual cyclicity...