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Clemente, Ignasi,

Uncertain futures : communication and culture in childhood cancer treatment / Ignasi Clemente. - 1 online resource. - Blackwell Studies in Discourse and Culture ; 7 . - Blackwell studies in discourse and culture ; 7. .

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.

ISBN: 9781118909751 (Adobe PDF) 1118909755 (Adobe PDF) 9781118909782 (ePub) 111890978X (ePub) 9781118909775 1118909771

LCCN: 2015013677

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Cancer in children--Spain--Case studies.
Communication and culture--Spain.
MEDICAL--Gynecology & Obstetrics.
Cancer in children.
Communication and culture.
Neoplasms--therapy.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Spain.
Spain.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Case studies.
Case Reports.

LC Class. No.: RC281.C4

Dewey Class. No.: 618.92/994

National Library of Medicine Call No.: QZ 275