Breast Cancer? Let Me Check My Schedule!
Ten Remarkable Women Meet The Challenge Of Fitting Breast Cancer Into Their Very Busy Lives
1st Edition
Published on 18. April 2019
Book
Hardback
286 pages
978-0-367-01059-1 (ISBN)
Description
They come from different backgrounds and from professions as varied as medicine, education, and entertainment, but these ten women share one thing in common: They all have breast cancer. This book describes their experiences, exploring their initial fear, rage, and uncertainty, and reveals how each eventually coped, in her own way, with her diagnos
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 131 mm
Weight
690 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-367-01059-1 (9780367010591)
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Peggy McCarthy
Breast Cancer? Let Me Check My Schedule!
Ten Remarkable Women Meet The Challenge Of Fitting Breast Cancer Into Their Very Busy Lives
Book
10/2020
1st Edition
Routledge
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Peggy McCarthy
Breast Cancer? Let Me Check My Schedule!
Ten Remarkable Women Meet The Challenge Of Fitting Breast Cancer Into Their Very Busy Lives
E-Book
03/2019
1st Edition
Routledge
€59.49
Available for download
Peggy McCarthy
Breast Cancer? Let Me Check My Schedule!
Ten Remarkable Women Meet The Challenge Of Fitting Breast Cancer Into Their Very Busy Lives
E-Book
03/2019
1st Edition
Routledge
€59.49
Available for download
Person
Peggy McCarthy is the founder and executive director of Innovative Medical Education Consortium (IMEC), a nonprofit medical organization dedicated to meeting the needs of underserved populations. She also serves on the board of several cancer organizations.
Jo An Loren editor-in-chief of IMEC, has been a science and health administrator since the 1970s.
Jo An Loren editor-in-chief of IMEC, has been a science and health administrator since the 1970s.
Content
Foreword -- Preface -- About the Contributors -- Facts About Breast Cancer -- The Shock of Diagnosis -- Taking an Active Role -- Deciding About Treatment -- Experiencing Treatment -- Fallout at Work -- Sex and Intimacy -- The Genetic Strand-The Tie That Binds -- Dealing with Emotions -- Cancer as a Wake-Up Call -- It Is as It Is-Yet More -- Till We Meet Again -- Afterword