French women's representations and experiences of the post-treatment management of breast cancer and their perception of the general practitioner's role in follow-up care: A qualitative study.

Background: In France, the Cancer Plan II 2009-2013 was launched to improve post-cancer management and promote greater involvement of general practitioners (GPs) in follow-up care.

Objectives: We investigated how women experienced the post-treatment management of breast cancer and perceived the role of the GP in follow-up care.

Design: We conducted a qualitative study based on semi-structured interviews with women with breast cancer in remission.

"Talking fire out of burns": biomedical transgressions and the logic of care.

The descriptions of fire charmers' practice, its context, and physicians' stances toward these healing practices demonstrate the resistance of French biomedical institutions toward the full acceptance of the logic of care. I draw on data from observations conducted in a rural area of the Auvergne, France (1996-1999), semistructured interviews with general practitioners, healers, and oncologists collected between 1993 and 2011, and online investigations of fire charming, to provide new insights into the relationships between French physicians and fire charmers. In doing so, I explore the distinction between clinical/empirical practice and scientific knowledge.