PEDIATRICS Vol. 76 No. 1 July 1985, pp. 126-128
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Self-Examination by Adolescents

RICHARD B. GOLDBLOOM MD, FRCP(C)1

1 Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Adolesence is a period of intense self-examination. More hours are spent contemplating the mirror during the teen years than at any other time of life. Physical change occurs so rapidly that teenagers may see someone different each time they consider their reflected images—the obverse of the Dorian Gray dilemma. This phenomenon has both pleasing and unsettling effects. The pleasures of growth and maturation are comingled with self-doubts and anxieties. The latter include worries about health and fears of illness—despite the fact that illness during adolescence is rarer than at any other period in the life-span.

In Western society, people are understandably preoccupied with preventing cancer and reducing cancer mortality, and early detection is considered an important key to this accomplishment.




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