Taking Charge of Breast Cancer

<strong>Taking Charge of Breast Cancer</strong> incorporates many components of theexperience of breast cancer from personal illness to political economicfactor... » 

Taking Charge of Breast Cancer incorporates many components of theexperience of breast cancer from personal illness to political economicfactors. Based on her very extensive data from interviews and content analysisEricksens fine writing offers a powerful narrative approach that focuses onstages of awareness and action. In the process she eloquently addresses thephysical and emotional consequences of breast surgery changes in body andsexuality and activism. This is a major contribution to understanding thepolitics and experience of breast cancer.Phil Brown Brown University «