Health communication and breast cancer among Black women : culture, identity, spirituality, and strength /

Mostrar otras versiones (1)

"Health Communication and Breast Cancer among Black Women: Culture, Identity, Spirituality, and Strength addresses how the discourse of strength constructs the identity of Black women even during times of chronic illness through the lens of Black feminist thought and womanist ideology. In doing...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Madlock Gatison, Annette (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2016]
Temas:
Breast > Cancer.
African American women > Medical care.
Communication in medicine.
Health attitudes.
Women.
African Americans.
Social ecology.
Breast Neoplasms > psychology
Survivors > psychology
Breast Neoplasms
Attitude to Health
Women
Black or African American
Social Environment
Sein > Cancer.
Noires américaines > Soins médicaux.
Communication en médecine.
Attitudes à l'égard de la santé.
Femmes.
Noirs américains.
Écologie sociale.
African American.
human ecology.
women (female humans)
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
Social ecology
Health attitudes
African Americans
African American women > Medical care
Breast > Cancer
Communication in medicine
Brustkrebs
Gesundheitskommunikation
Schwarze Frau
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Terminology
  • Background and theoretical framing
  • Myth of the strong black woman: asset or liability
  • God's got it: Faithtalk
  • Interlude: survivors story in her own words / by Vernell Smith
  • Embracing the pink identity: Black women and pink ribbon culture
  • Work and family
  • Interlude: a friend and family member's story in their own words / by Yvette Toko
  • Conclusion: body politics, coping, and reframing the narrative.

Ejemplares similares