1st Edition

Breast Cancer? Let Me Check My Schedule! Ten Remarkable Women Meet The Challenge Of Fitting Breast Cancer Into Their Very Busy Lives

By Peggy Mccarthy Copyright 1997
286 Pages
by Routledge

286 Pages
by Routledge

286 Pages
by Routledge

This book features step-by-step tactics to help women handle the emotional, sexual, and occupational impact of breast cancer and includes practical information on finding proper health care, locating support groups, and more. .

1. The Shock of Diagnosis 2. Taking an Active Role 3. Deciding About Treatment 4. Experiencing Treatment 5. Fallout at Work 6. Sex and Intimacy 7. The Genetic Strand—The Tie That Binds 8. Dealing with Emotions 9. Cancer as a Wake-up Call 10. It Is as It Is—Yet More 11. Till We Meet Again

Biography

Peggy McCarthy is the founder and executive director of Innovative Medical Education Consortium (IMEC), a nonprofit medical organization dedicated to meeting the needs of underserved populations. She also serves on the board of several cancer organizations. Jo An Loren editor-in-chief of IMEC, has been a science and health administrator since the 1970s.