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The narrative paradox of the BRCA gene: an ethnographic study in the clinical encounters of ovarian cancer patients

Clara TherondUniversity College London, Anthropology, London, UK; Correspondence[email protected]
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Anne LanceleyDepartment of Women’s Cancer, University College London, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Institute for Women’s Health, London, UK;
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Sahra GibbonUniversity College London, Anthropology, London, UK;
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Belinda RahmanGynaecological Cancer Unit, University College London Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Pages 449-464 | Received 25 Jun 2019, Accepted 03 Jul 2019, Published online: 03 Feb 2020

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