03435nam 2200649 a 450 991045449490332120210527024034.00-520-94118-71-281-38567-0978661138567510.1525/9780520941182(CKB)1000000000535145(EBL)345556(OCoLC)437212131(SSID)ssj0000255205(PQKBManifestationID)11223969(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000255205(PQKBWorkID)10212725(PQKB)10615894(MiAaPQ)EBC345556(OCoLC)235369633(MdBmJHUP)muse30569(DE-B1597)519327(DE-B1597)9780520941182(Au-PeEL)EBL345556(CaPaEBR)ebr10229943(CaONFJC)MIL138567(EXLCZ)99100000000053514520071109d2008 ub 0engurun#---|u||utxtccrTaking charge of breast cancer[electronic resource] /Julia A. EricksenBerkeley University of California Pressc20081 online resource (334 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-25292-6 0-520-25291-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-306) and index.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 --IndexVividly 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.BreastCancerPatientsInterviewsBreastCancerPsychological aspectsElectronic books.BreastCancerPatientsBreastCancerPsychological aspects.362.196/99449Ericksen Julia A.1941-1049944MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454494903321Taking charge of breast cancer2479341UNINA