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UNINA9910830327603321 |
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Autore |
Clemente Ignasi |
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Titolo |
Uncertain Futures : Communication and Culture in Childhood Cancer Treatment / / Ignasi Clemente |
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Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Hoboken, NJ : , : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., , 2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (248 pages) |
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Collana |
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Blackwell studies in discourse and culture ; ; 7 |
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Disciplina |
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Cancer in children - Spain |
Communication and culture - Spain |
Tumors - Treatment |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Children : contributions to communication and illness -- A linguistic anthropologist in a pediatric cancer unit -- Living and dealing with cancer -- Co-constructing uncertainty -- Engaging in communication at Catalonia Hospital -- Patient pressure and medical authority -- The limits of optimism at the end of treatment. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book examines children and young people s attempts to participate in conversations about their own treatment throughout uncertain cancer trajectories, including the events leading up to diagnosis, treatment, remission, relapse, and cure or death. |
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