Mixed Messages
Our Breasts in Our Lives
Brigid Mcconville(Author)
Penguin Books Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 26. May 1994
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-14-017379-6 (ISBN)
Description
This book, aimed at all women, well or otherwise, draws on interviews with a wide range of women on how to explore breast health and women's needs. Topics include the well breast and how it functions, strategies for staying healthy, from diet to breast awareness, breast pain and self-help remedies, benign lumps, early detection and care of breast cancer, mastectomy and life after, the pros and cons of breastfeeding and breast implants.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
line drawings, glossary, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
228 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-14-017379-6 (9780140173796)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Living with breasts - women's experience; breasts and men; beauty and the breast; the battle for breastfeeding; making breastfeeding work; breasts and sex; the well breast; doctoring breasts - a women's issue; the unwell breast; breast cancer - facing the fears, dealing with the reality; choosing complementary care alternatives in treatment; cosmetic surgery; tales of breast cancer; the politics of breast care.