Stability and ambiguity: Managing uncertain moments when updating news about mom's cancer

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Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 221-250

  Beach, Wayne A ^a,b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Conversation analysis; Family interactions; Lay diagnosis; News delivery sequences; Social relationships

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EID: 0038839486     PISSN: 01654888     EISSN: 18607349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/text.1.21.1-2.221     Document Type: Article

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