Anne Grinyer is a lecturer in the Institute for Health Research and in the School of Independent Studies at Lancaster University. She is a sociologist of health and illness and has a special interest in the construction of scientific and medical knowledge, the management of health risks and in qualitative research methods. She has recently written a book on young adults with cancer based on nar...

Article history: Received 8 September 2011 Accepted 23 November 2012 Available online 27 November 2012 Communicated by D. Wagner

Article history: Received 19 January 2011 Received in revised form 23 April 2012 Accepted 4 May 2012 Available online xxxx

Article history: Received 20 August 2011 Received in revised form 20 June 2012 Accepted 23 June 2012

Article history: Received 25 October 2011 Received in revised form 2 August 2012 Accepted 23 August 2012 Available online xxxx

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