Uncertain futures : communication and culture in childhood cancer treatment /

• Main Author: Clemente, Ignasi (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2015.
• Series: Blackwell studies in discourse and culture ; 7.
• Subjects: Cancer in children > Spain > Case studies.; Communication and culture > Spain.; MEDICAL > Gynecology & Obstetrics.; Cancer in children.; Communication and culture.; Neoplasms > therapy.; Spain.; Electronic books.; Case studies.; Case Reports.

Table of Contents:

• 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.