Between remission and cure: Patients, practitioners and the transformation of leukaemia in the late twentieth century

Chronic Illness

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 253-264

  Barnes, Emm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Cure; Framing; Leukaemia; Psychological cure; Remission

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUBLICATION; REMISSION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; HISTORY; INTERVIEW; LEUKEMIA; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LEUKEMIA; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENTS; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40149089160     PISSN: 17423953     EISSN: 17459206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1742395307085333     Document Type: Article

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