The wounded breast : intimate journeys through cancer / Evelyne Accad.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Accad, Evelyne.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Breast--Cancer--Patients--Biography.

Breast.

Breast--Cancer--Treatment.

Breast--Cancer--Psychological aspects.

Accad, Evelyne.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (546 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

North Nelbourne, Vic. : Spinifex Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A moving journey through the experience of breast cancer, including the different approaches and treatments.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Author's note; PROLOGUE: THE PRICE OF WASTE AND POLLUTION: AN INSIDIOUS MASSACRE; 1 HORMONES AND BREAST CANCER WHY ME?; 2 DEATH OF FATHER HAIR, OIL AND MOURNING; 3 DNA REPORT AND S-PHASE TAKE ME TOWARDS HEALING; 4 CANCERS, DISEASES, SUFFERING ALL ROUND LIFE, DROP BY DROP; 5 LYMPH NODES MY BREAST OFFERED IN SACRIFICE; 6 RADIATION MY BODY LIKE A BATTLEFIELD; 7 BUREAUCRATIC DOCTORS BUT WHO'D WANT TO LIVE ANYWHERE ELSE?; 8 BREAST CANCER IN FRANCE WHY SO HUSHED UP?; 9 A NO-WIN SITUATION CELEBRATING FRIENDSHIP IN TUNISIA

10 PARIS BREAST BLUES THE FEAR OF RECURRENCE11 BEIRUT, WAR AND CANCER KAHABRA BRINGS KAHABRA; 12 SEARCHING FOR ALTERNATIVES INCOMPREHENSIBLE PAINS; 13 TRAGIC IRONY ONE HEALED; THE OTHER HIT; 14 MY LOVE HAS CANCER FACING UP; 15 MALE HORMONES LIBERTÉ, ÉGALITÉ, FRATERNITÉ!; 16 ALL AROUND, YET AGAIN IS THERE AN END?; 17 RECURRENCES MOVE ON: THE EARTH WILL TAKE YOUR SHAPE; EPILOGUE: MEDICINE, DEATH, AND RECOVERY; REFERENCES; OTHER BOOKS BY SPINIFEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-74219-485-0

1-74219-234-3

1-74219-232-7

OCLC:

463022952