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Intercultural communication and cancer / Margo Louise Turnbull
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Turnbull, Margo Louise, author.
- Series:
- Cambridge elements. Elements in intercultural communication
- Cambridge elements. Elements in intercultural communication, 2752-5589
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Communication in medicine--Asia.
- Communication in medicine.
- Intercultural communication--Asia.
- Intercultural communication.
- Cancer in women--Social aspects--Asia.
- Cancer in women.
- Women migrant labor--Health--Asia.
- Women migrant labor.
- Cancer in women--Social aspects.
- Asia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2026
- Summary:
- "Cancer is increasingly recognized as a complex, multidimensional social experience rather than purely a physical or biological disease. This, in turn, highlights the role of communication in cancer-related 'work' such as seeking and receiving a diagnosis, managing disclosure, and incorporating treatment and recovery into everyday life. Although an extensive body of work examining cancer and communication has investigated some of this complexity, the experiences of migrant women in Asia are currently underexplored. In this Element, I argue that the complexity of cancer diagnosis and disclosure for this group can be usefully examined from a perspective of intercultural communication. To support this argument, I investigate instances of intercultural communication that unfolded in a series of focus groups with Filipino migrant domestic workers diagnosed with cancer in Hong Kong"-- Cambridge Core
- Contents:
- Background and context
- Intercultural communication : border zones and interstices
- Threads and splinters : analysis of empirical data
- Intercultural communication and cancer : insights and possibilities
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed July 31, 2026)
- Other Format:
- Print version: Turnbull, Margo Louise Intercultural communication and cancer
- ISBN:
- 9781009656368
- 1009656368
- 9781009656375
- 1009656376
- OCLC:
- 1586822977
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000397832
- CIPO000401470
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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