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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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press
c2008.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798373706719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front matter
- Contents
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Telling Stories
- 2. Following the Doctors' Orders
- 3. Patients and Doctors as Partners
- 4. Faith in the Ultimate Authority
- 5. Opposing the Mainstream
- 6. The Assault on the Breast
- 7. Bodies after Cancer
- 8. Breast Cancer Activism, Education, and Support
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
