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Waiting for cancer to come : women's experiences with genetic testing & medical decision making for breast and ovarian cancer / Sharlene Hesse-Biber.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hesse-Biber, Sharlene Nagy, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women's Health--Personal Narratives.
- Decision Making--Personal Narratives.
- Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Syndrome--genetics--Personal Narratives.
- Genetic Testing--Personal Narratives.
- Medical Subjects:
- Women's Health--Personal Narratives.
- Decision Making--Personal Narratives.
- Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Syndrome--genetics--Personal Narratives.
- Genetic Testing--Personal Narratives.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (227 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : The University of Michigan Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A narrative-driven exploration of the effects of BRCA genetic testing on the lives of at-risk women.
- Contents:
- The genetic testing industry : capitalizing on fear, selling empowerment
- Ready for the test
- You're BRCA positive?
- Waiting and watching
- The surgical fix
- Finding a new normal
- Toward empowerment.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on information from the publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9780472052196
- 0472052195
- 9780472120352
- 0472120352
- OCLC:
- 889552252
- Publisher Number:
- 10.3998/mpub.5660855
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