02599nam 2200565 450 991027102930332120210209144723.01-118-90975-51-118-90978-X(CKB)3710000000461801(EBL)1895738(MiAaPQ)EBC4039751(DLC) 2015013677(MiAaPQ)EBC1895737(Au-PeEL)EBL1895737(OCoLC)906447731(EXLCZ)99371000000046180120150812h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierUncertain futures communication and culture in childhood cancer treatment /Ignasi Clemente1st ed.West Sussex, England :Wiley Blackwell,2015.©20151 online resource (564 p.)Blackwell Studies in Discourse and CultureDescription based upon print version of record.1-118-90971-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Clearly and compellingly written, Clemente provides new methods for examining cancer communication, including a new multi-layered method to study cancer communicationProvides ethnographic case studies of childhood cancer patients in Spain, using children's own wordsExamines the challenges of how to talk to and how to encourage the patient's involvBlackwell studies in discourse and culture.Cancer in childrenSpainCase studiesCommunication and cultureSpainElectronic books.Cancer in childrenCommunication and culture618.92618.92994Clemente Ignasi1218031MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910271029303321Uncertain futures2816728UNINA