Survivorship: A Sociology of Cancer in Everyday Life

by Alex Broom and Katherine Kenny

This book provides a contemporary and comprehensive examination of cancer in everyday life, drawing on qualitative research with people living with cancer, their family members and health professionals. It explores the evolving and enduring affects of cancer for individuals, families and communities, with attention to the changing dynamics of survivorship, including social relations around waiting, uncertainty, hope, wilfulness, obligation, responsibility...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815360304
• ISBN13: 9780815360308
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"