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Taking charge of breast cancer /

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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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Ericksen, Julia A., 1941-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2008.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.