Sporting cancer: Struggle language in news reports of people with cancer

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 308-329

  Seale, Clive ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Journalism; Media; Sports

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035324774     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.00254     Document Type: Article

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