Description |
1 online resource (544 pages) |
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 |
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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 |
Summary |
A moving journey through the experience of breast cancer, and the many different approaches and treatments. This is a rare insight into cross-cultural understandings of illness. Multi-layered and many tongued, this book would be of interest to medical practitioners, as well as those facing and interacting with cancer |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Accad, Evelyne
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SUBJECT |
Accad, Evelyne. fast (OCoLC)fst00026021 |
Subject |
Breast -- Cancer -- Patients -- Biography
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Breast -- Cancer -- Treatment
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Breast -- Cancer -- Psychological aspects
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Women.
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Patients.
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Women
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Patients
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Breast Neoplasms
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patients.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Social Scientists & Psychologists.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Cancer.
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FICTION -- General.
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Women.
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Patients.
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Breast -- Cancer -- Patients.
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Breast -- Cancer -- Psychological aspects.
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Breast -- Cancer -- Treatment.
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Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781742192321 |
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1742192327 |
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9781742194851 |
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1742194850 |
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