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The word ‘chav’ – and life after cancer

Is ‘chav’ an offensive term? And if you’ve survived cancer, how to start again.

Jim chats to Owen Jones, the author of a new book – Chavs: the Demonization of the Working Class – who argues that the word is a coded attack on the poor.

And surviving cancer – many patients find the end of treatment upsetting. Jim discusses this with Roger Wilson, himself a cancer survivor, and to the authors of 'The Cancer Survivor's Companion', a new book that aims to help with the emotional side of life after cancer.

3 hours

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  • Tue 7 Jun 2011 09:00