Uncertain family trajectories: Interactional consequences of cancer diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 8-32

  Beach, Wayne A ^a   Good, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conversation analysis; Family cancer; Illness and uncertainty; Lay understandings of technical procedures

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642367812     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407504039839     Document Type: Review

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