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BL
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660274
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dltt
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| Main Entry
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Lora-Wainwright, Anna,1979-
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| Title & Author
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Fighting for breath : : living morally and dying of cancer in a Chinese village /\ Anna Lora-Wainwright
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xv, 323 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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9780824836825
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: 0824836820
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Cancer and contending forms of morality -- The evolving local moral world of Langzhong -- Water, hard work, and farm chemicals: the moral economy of cancer -- Gendered hardship, emotions, and the ambiguity of blame -- Xiguan, consumption, and shifting cancer etiologies -- Performing closeness, negotiating family relations, and the cost of cancer -- Perceived efficacy, social identities, and the rejection of cancer surgery -- Family relations and contested religious moralities
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Neoplasms-- epidemiology-- China
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Family Relations-- ethnology-- China
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Patient Care-- ethics-- China
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Social Conditions-- China
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Cancer-- Social aspects-- China-- Langzhong Shi
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Cancer-- Patients-- Care-- Moral and ethical aspects-- China-- Langzhong Shi
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| Dewey Classification
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362.19699/43200951
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| LC Classification
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RC279.C6L67 2013
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2013 F-713
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QZ 220 JC6
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