Cancer in the news: Religious themes in news stories about people with cancer

Health

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 425-440

  Seale, Clive ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Media; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007252949     PISSN: 13634593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/136345930100500402     Document Type: Article

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