From Library Journal
A collection of profiles of women with breast and other cancers, this work stems from research funded by the National Cancer Institute to study the public's understanding of science. The selected women represent "the opinion leaders in the intersecting worlds of cancer, advocacy, the women's health movement and alternative/complementary medicine." Informal and open-ended interviews, based on a uniform series of questions, include personal experiences, how decisions were made, what role science or other factors played, advice for other women, and personal opinions on cancer research and publicly funded organizations. Written by a research biochemist (Wooddell) and a professor of anthropology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Hess), the book is informative but easy to read and even personable. Often-quoted references include Dr. Susan Love's Breast Book (LJ 6/1/95) and Susan Weed's Breast Cancer? Breast Health! The Wise Woman Way (Ash Tree, 1996). As a call for patients' rights and partnership in medical care, this work is recommended for public libraries and consumer health collections.?Virginia Lingle, Hershey Medical Ctr. Lib., Pennsylvania State Univ., Hershey
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Product Description
Uniting the voices of American women who have breast, cervical, ovarian and other cancers, this volume documents the decision process, the choices and the dilemmas they faced as they chose alternative and and complementary treatments. All those featured describe how and why they ovarian and other cancers, this volume documents the decision process, the choices and the dilemmas they faced as they chose alternative and complementary treatments. All those featured describe how and why they created treatment programmes that combine the best of conventional and unconventional approaches, and how it has improved their health and their lives. A call for patients' rights, for policy reform in cancer research, and for better information about both conventional and alternative medicine, the book aims to provide inspiration for women who have cancer and to help them to create their own approach to healing. All those featured describe how and why they created treatment programmes that combine the best of conventional and unconventional approaches, and how it has improved their health and their lives. A call for patients' rights, for policy reform in cancer research, and for better information about both conventional and alternative medicine, the book aims to provide inspiration for women who have cancer and to help them to create their own approach to healing.
