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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830327603321

Autore

Clemente Ignasi

Titolo

Uncertain Futures : Communication and Culture in Childhood Cancer Treatment / / Ignasi Clemente

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Hoboken, NJ : , : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., , 2015

ISBN

1-118-90977-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 pages)

Collana

Blackwell studies in discourse and culture ; ; 7

Disciplina

618.92994

Soggetti

Cancer in children - Spain

Communication and culture - Spain

Tumors - Treatment

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.