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The wounded breast : intimate journeys through cancer /

A moving journey through the experience of breast cancer, and the many different approaches and treatments. This is a rare insight into cross-cultural understandings of illness. Multi-layered and many tongued, this book would be of interest to medical practitioners, as well as those facing and inter...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Accad, Evelyne
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: North Nelbourne, Vic. : Spinifex Press, 2001.
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  • Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Author's note; PROLOGUE: THE PRICE OF WASTE AND POLLUTION: AN INSIDIOUS MASSACRE; 1 HORMONES AND BREAST CANCER WHY ME?; 2 DEATH OF FATHER HAIR, OIL AND MOURNING; 3 DNA REPORT AND S-PHASE TAKE ME TOWARDS HEALING; 4 CANCERS, DISEASES, SUFFERING ALL ROUND LIFE, DROP BY DROP; 5 LYMPH NODES MY BREAST OFFERED IN SACRIFICE; 6 RADIATION MY BODY LIKE A BATTLEFIELD; 7 BUREAUCRATIC DOCTORS BUT WHO'D WANT TO LIVE ANYWHERE ELSE?; 8 BREAST CANCER IN FRANCE WHY SO HUSHED UP?; 9 A NO-WIN SITUATION CELEBRATING FRIENDSHIP IN TUNISIA
  • 10 PARIS BREAST BLUES THE FEAR OF RECURRENCE11 BEIRUT, WAR AND CANCER KAHABRA BRINGS KAHABRA; 12 SEARCHING FOR ALTERNATIVES INCOMPREHENSIBLE PAINS; 13 TRAGIC IRONY ONE HEALED; THE OTHER HIT; 14 MY LOVE HAS CANCER FACING UP; 15 MALE HORMONES LIBERTÉ, ÉGALITÉ, FRATERNITÉ!; 16 ALL AROUND, YET AGAIN IS THERE AN END?; 17 RECURRENCES MOVE ON: THE EARTH WILL TAKE YOUR SHAPE; EPILOGUE: MEDICINE, DEATH, AND RECOVERY; REFERENCES; OTHER BOOKS BY SPINIFEX