Shyness takes so many different forms. Some people are shy and soft. Some, shy and hard.

—Sally Thorne in The Hating Game

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About Sally Thorne

Portrait of Sally Thorne

Sally Elizabeth Thorne CM, PhD, FAAN, FCAHS, FCAN, RN (born 1951) is a Canadian academic nursing teacher, researcher and author. She has studied the human experience of chronic illness and cancer, and developed qualitative research methodologies including metasynthesis and interpretive description.

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