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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.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Hesse-Biber, Sharlene Nagy, author.
Contributor:
Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher.
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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