| Breast Cancer Contributor(s): Clark, Andrew (Author), Fallowfield, Lesley Prof (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415038413 ISBN-13: 9780415038416 Publisher: CRC Press OUR PRICE: $54.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1991 Annotation: "Breast Cancer" examines the effects of the disease on women through all stages of treatment. It draws heavily on verbatim accounts of sufferers together with relevant findings and theories from scientific research. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Health & Fitness | Diseases - Cancer - Medical | Oncology - General - Social Science | Social Work |
| Dewey: 616.994 |
| LCCN: 93132160 |
| Series: Experience of Illness |
| Physical Information: 0.35" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.44 lbs) 150 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: For many women breast cancer is one of the most distressing of all diseases. Breast Cancer examines the effects of the disease through all stages of diagnosis and treatment. Making extensive use of verbatim accounts by women of their experiences, it intersperses these with relevant findings and theories from recent scientific research. The book's emphasis on the psychosocial impact of the disease and its treatment will help all those who care for breast cancer patients to understand the distress involved and the means of alleviating it. |