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The time that remains: Self-identity and temporality in cancer and other life-threatening illnesses and in Messianic experience

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 March 2013

Anna Alice Amorim Mendes*
Affiliation:
Department of Health and Society, Fluminense Federal University, Niterói, Rio De Janeiro
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Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Anna Alice Amorim Mendes, Estrada Washington Luiz, 520 ap 126, Sapê, Niterói, RJ, 24315-375, Brazil. E-mail: annamendes1954@hotmail.com

Abstract

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Type
Essay/Personal Reflections
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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