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World Service,01 Nov 1994,13 mins

How do we Talk about Illness?

Tip Of The Tongue

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Why does it seem so hard for medical staff to tell a patient she has cancer, so hard even to ennunciate the word? And why "declaring war" on disease is bad idea. Recorded and edited by B. Gormley and M. Springett – featuring Joyce Wadler, author of My Breast.

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