Taming Time: Configuring Cancer Patients as Research Subjects

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Taming Time : Configuring Cancer Patients as Research Subjects. / Bogicevic, Ivana; Svendsen, Mette N.

In: Medical Anthropology Quarterly, Vol. 35, No. 3, 2021, p. 386-401.

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Bogicevic, I & Svendsen, MN 2021, 'Taming Time: Configuring Cancer Patients as Research Subjects', Medical Anthropology Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 3, pp. 386-401. https://doi.org/10.1111/maq.12647

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Bogicevic, I., & Svendsen, M. N. (2021). Taming Time: Configuring Cancer Patients as Research Subjects. Medical Anthropology Quarterly, 35(3), 386-401. https://doi.org/10.1111/maq.12647

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Bogicevic I, Svendsen MN. Taming Time: Configuring Cancer Patients as Research Subjects. Medical Anthropology Quarterly. 2021;35(3):386-401. https://doi.org/10.1111/maq.12647

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Bogicevic, Ivana ; Svendsen, Mette N. / Taming Time : Configuring Cancer Patients as Research Subjects. In: Medical Anthropology Quarterly. 2021 ; Vol. 35, No. 3. pp. 386-401.

Bibtex

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