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Cross-Cultural Studies in Health and Illness
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Metastatic Cancer and Mothering: Being a Mother in the Face of a Contracted Future

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Pages 629-649 | Published online: 25 Oct 2011

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Cinzia Greco. (2022) The Uncertain Presence: Experiences of Living with Metastatic Breast Cancer. Medical Anthropology 41:2, pages 129-140.
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