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Frontmatter i
CONTENTS vii
PREFACE ix
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii
ABBREVIATIONS xv
CHAPTER ONE. Children as Actors 3
CHAPTER TWO. The World of Jeffrey Andrews 15
CHAPTER THREE. What Terminally 111 Children Know about Their World 135
CHAPTER FOUR. How Terminally 111 Children Come to Know Themselves and Their World 166
CHAPTER FIVE. Knowing and Concealing 198
CHAPTER SIX. Mutual Pretense: Causes and Consequences 210
CHAPTER SEVEN. Conclusion 231
APPENDIX. Doing the Fieldwork: A Personal Account 236
LITERATURE CITED 256
INDEX 277

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
CONTENTS vii
PREFACE ix
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii
ABBREVIATIONS xv
CHAPTER ONE. Children as Actors 3
CHAPTER TWO. The World of Jeffrey Andrews 15
CHAPTER THREE. What Terminally 111 Children Know about Their World 135
CHAPTER FOUR. How Terminally 111 Children Come to Know Themselves and Their World 166
CHAPTER FIVE. Knowing and Concealing 198
CHAPTER SIX. Mutual Pretense: Causes and Consequences 210
CHAPTER SEVEN. Conclusion 231
APPENDIX. Doing the Fieldwork: A Personal Account 236
LITERATURE CITED 256
INDEX 277

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