{"product_id":"9781118909713","title":"Uncertain Futures Communication and Culture in Childhood Cancer Treatment","description":"\u003ch3\u003eWiley Blackwell Studies in Discourse and Culture\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eUncertain Futures\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eCommunication and Culture in Childhood Cancer Treatment\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eIgnasi Clemente\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage Arts \u0026amp; Disciplines \/ Linguistics \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book examines children and young people’s attempts to participate in conversations about their own treatment throughout uncertain cancer trajectories, including the events leading up to diagnosis, treatment, remission, relapse, and cure or death.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eClearly and compellingly written, Clemente relies on a new multi-layered method to identify six cancer communication strategies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIllustrates that communication is central to how children, parents, and healthcare professionals constitute, influence, and make sense of the social worlds they inhabit—or that they want to inhabit\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides ethnographic case studies of childhood cancer patients in Spain, using children's own words\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines the challenges of how to talk to and how to encourage patients' involvement in reatment discussions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIn his critique of the “telling” versus “not telling” debates, Clemente argues that communication should be adjusted to the children’s own needs, and that children's own questions can indicate how much or little they want to be involved\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUncertain Futures\u003c\/i\u003e is the winner of the 15th Annual Modest Reixach Prize.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eIgnasi Clemente\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Hunter College, CUNY, USA. His research interests include sociocultural and communicative aspects of pain and suffering, childhood studies, and embodied communication. His research on chronically ill children has been published in journals including \u003ci\u003eSocial Science and Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSociology of Health and Illness\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCommunication and Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e. Among others, he has contributed to the \u003ci\u003eOxford Textbook of Paediatric Pain\u003c\/i\u003e (2013), the \u003ci\u003eHandbook of Conversation Analysis\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley-Blackwell, 2013), \u003ci\u003eHealthcare Settings: Policy, Participation and New Technologies\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010), and the\u003ci\u003e Blackwell Guide to Research Methods in Bilingualism\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 2008).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12 October 2015\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781118909713\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e248\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18.4\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44381228400780,"sku":"9781118909713","price":103.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781118909713.jpg?v=1780198809","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781118909713","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}