Exploring how women respond to a diagnosis of breast cancer, this book includes the experiences of women who do not put their faith in traditional medicine as well as those who do. It presents a picture of how cultural messages about breast cancer shape women's ideas about their illness, why some of them become activists, and more. Num Pages: 336 pages, 5 tables. BIC Classification: MJCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454. . 2008. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Titel: Taking Charge of Breast Cancer
Verlag: University of California Press
Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
Sprache: Englisch
ISBN-10: 0520252926
ISBN-13: 9780520252929
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: New

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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 explores topics ranging from women's trust in their doctors to their feelings about appearance and sexuality. She includes the experiences of women who do not put their faith in traditional medicine as well as those who do, and she takes a look at the long-term consequences of this disease.What emerges from her powerful and often moving account is a compelling picture of how cultural messages about breast cancer shape women's ideas about their illness, how breast cancer affects their relationships with friends and family, why some of them become activists, and more. Ericksen, herself a breast cancer survivor, has written an accessible book that reveals much about the ways in which we narrate our illnesses and about how these narratives shape the paths we travel once diagnosed.

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Julia A. Ericksen is Professor of Sociology at Temple University and author, with Sally Steffen, of Kiss and Tell: Surveying Sex in the Twentieth Century.

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