Fighting for breath
living morally and dying of cancer in a Chinese village
Lora-Wainwright, Anna
1979-
creator
ebrary, Inc
text
bibliography
Electronic books.
hiu
Honolulu
University of Hawai�i Press
2013
monographic
eng
xv, 323 p. : ill., map.
Cancer and contending forms of morality -- The evolving local moral world of Langzhong -- Water, hard work, and farm chemicals: the moral economy of cancer -- Gendered hardship, emotions, and the ambiguity of blame -- Xiguan, consumption, and shifting cancer etiologies -- Performing closeness, negotiating family relations, and the cost of cancer -- Perceived efficacy, social identities, and the rejection of cancer surgery -- Family relations and contested religious moralities.
Anna Lora-Wainwright.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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Cancer
Social aspects
China
Langzhong Shi
Cancer
Patients
Care
Moral and ethical aspects
China
Langzhong Shi
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