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Seeds of mortality : the public and private worlds of cancer / Stewart Justman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Justman, Stewart.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Justman, Stewart--Health.
- Justman, Stewart.
- Cancer--Social aspects.
- Cancer.
- Rhetoric.
- Prostate--Cancer.
- Prostate.
- Language and medicine.
- Health.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 219 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, 2003.
- Summary:
- As a cancer patient himself, the author explores the cancer culture and looks into the sources of our fascination with publicity as an instrument of enlightenment and a cure for what ails us. In finaly drawn reflections, he registers a powerful vote for privacy and humility in the face of cancer's grim reality.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-213) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1566634989
- OCLC:
- 50802770
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