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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Prosthetic fantasies: loss, recovery, and the marketing of wholeness after breast cancer

Pages 107-120 | Received 31 Oct 2010, Accepted 12 Mar 2011, Published online: 16 Feb 2012

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