Taking charge of breast cancer /

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Vividly showcasing diverse voices and experiences, this book illuminates an all-too-common experience by exploring how women respond to a diagnosis of breast cancer. Drawing from interviews in which women describe their journeys from diagnosis through treatment and recovery, Julia A. Ericksen explor...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ericksen, Julia A., 1941-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2008.
Subjects:
Breast > Cancer > Patients > Interviews.
Breast > Cancer > Psychological aspects.
Breast Neoplasms > psychology
Sein > Cancer > Patients > Entretiens.
Sein > Cancer > Aspect psychologique.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > Cancer.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gender Studies.
Breast > Cancer > Patients.
Interviews.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Telling stories
  • Following the doctors' orders
  • Patients and doctors as partners
  • Faith in the ultimate authority
  • Opposing the mainstream
  • The assault on the breast
  • Bodies after cancer
  • Breast cancer activism, education, and support.

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