Purpose: Many lives are affected by cancer. The number of people in England who have had a diagnosis of cancer exceeds one million. Previous research shows that one third of patients have unmet needs post-discharge from cancer treatment, including psychological issues such as negative impacts on self-identity and a lack of meaning in life. Studies have identified identity as an important factor in meaning making, but evidence regarding cancer’s impact on identity is limited to specific cancer sites and specific identity roles. Little is known about cancer’s general impact on global identity or how threats to identity relate to meaning making. The aim of this study was to understand patients’ experiences of cancer’s impact on their identity and what sense they made of these experiences. Methods: Twelve participants in the post-treatment phase of cancer shared their experiences in individual semi-structured interviews. Key themes regarding identity and meaning making in the post-treatment phase were identified using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA). Results and Conclusions: Four key themes in the participants’ experiences were identified. These were 1) disrupted identity roles, 2) highlights what is important, 3) focused on priorities, and 4) reducing awareness of loss and uncertainty. Relevant literature and implications for future research and clinical practice are discussed.

This study analyzes the construction of identity meaning in documentaries about border regions, especially the border between southern Brazil and Uruguay. Our research uses two documentaries produced in 2013, funded by Documenta Rio Grande of FAC RS (Support Fund for Culture of Rio Grande do Sul). Doble Chapa, by Leo Caobelli, presents the trajectory of two omniscient characters, one Brazilian and one Uruguayan, around the borders of the State represented by the demarcation landmarks of boundary. On the other hand, The Imaginary Line by Cíntia Langie and Rafael Andreazza exposes, from researchers and artists testimonies, a common and shared identity by the man of the pampas. Our theoretical path works with the documentary as a form of engagement in the world and borders as spaces for identity construction intertwined with an "other". Thus, we seek to understand whether these documentaries establish identity meaning differently from a hegemonic representation of the gaucho myth in the border between Rio Grande do Sul and Uruguay and also whether the public policies that promote the production of documentaries in the State allow other forms of representation of these identities, in opposition to the identity of the gaucho that is widespread in MTG and in the RBS group Communication. We will use as methodological tools film analysis and addition to literature and documental research. Our analysis points to an essentialist representation of the frontier and space as a generator of meaning in Doble Chapa and a hybrid, multi-faceted and dynamic marked by the presence of the subjects in the film A Linha Imaginária. / O presente estudo analisa a construção de sentidos de identidade nos documentários que tratam das regiões de fronteira, especialmente a fronteira do extremo sul do Brasil com o Uruguai. Nossa investigação utiliza dois documentários lançados em 2014, financiados pelo edital Documenta Rio Grande do FAC-RS, Fundo de Apoio à Cultura do Rio Grande do Sul. Doble Chapa, de Leo Caobelli e Diego Vidart, apresenta a trajetória de dois personagens oniscientes, um brasileiro e outro uruguaio, pelo limite entre o Brasil e o Uruguai representado pelos marcos geodésicos de divisa. Já A Linha Imaginária, de Cíntia Langie e Rafael Andreazza, expõe, a partir de depoimentos de pesquisadores e artistas, uma identidade comum e partilhada pelo homem do pampa. Nosso caminho teórico trabalha com o documentário como forma de engajamento no mundo e das fronteiras como espaços de constituição de identidades imbricadas com um outro . Desta forma, buscamos entender se esses documentários estabelecem sentidos de identidade diferentes de uma representação hegemônica do mito do gaúcho na região da fronteira do Rio Grande do Sul com o Uruguai e se as políticas públicas de fomento à produção de documentários no Estado possibilitam outras formas de representação dessas identidades, em contraposição à identidade do gaúcho amplamente difundido pelo MTG e pelo Grupo RBS de Comunicação. Utilizaremos, como ferramentas metodológicas, a análise fílmica e a pesquisa bibliográfica e documental. Nossa análise aponta para uma representação essencialista da fronteira e do espaço como gerador de sentidos em Doble Chapa e para um viés híbrido, multifacetado e marcado pela presença dinâmica dos sujeitos no filme A Linha Imaginária.