Talking about treatment : recommendations for breast cancer adjuvant therapy /
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| Author / Creator: | Roberts, Felicia D. |
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| Imprint: | New York : Oxford University Press, 1999. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (x, 131 pages) |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Oxford studies in sociolinguistics Oxford studies in sociolinguistics. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11197369 |
| Summary: | Clear and accessible, this book is the first qualitative analysis of the complex conversations that occur between breast cancer patients and their oncologists. Roberts focuses on discussions about possible avenues of treatment, and shows them to be an active and mutual collaboration of information on the one hand, and a subtle delineation of the roles of "expert" and "novice" on the other. Her work highlights how doctors achieve a delicate balance between promoting one particular treatment option while not guaranteeing a cure. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 131 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-126) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780195352825 0195352823 9780195121919 |