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Special Section: Geographies of Dying and Death

Living through, living with and living on from breast cancer in the UK: creative cathartic methodologies, cancerous spaces and a politics of compassion

Pages 207-232 | Received 30 Oct 2013, Accepted 03 Nov 2014, Published online: 16 Dec 2014

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