The meaning of cancer: Illness, biography and social identity

Identity and Health

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 19-36

  Chattoo, Sangeeta ^a   Ahmad, Waqar ^a  

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203409022     Document Type: Chapter

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