Introduction: Women and Cancer
Kristina S. Brown
1. Diagnosis, Prognosis and Caregiving: An Autoethnography
Karen Parker
2. Breast Cancer and Body Image: Feminist Therapy Principles and Interventions
Chiquita Holmes, Alexis Jackson, Joan Looby, Kasia Gallo and Kendra Blakely
3. Therapeutic Interventions with Families of Breast Cancer Survivors
Alexis Jackson, Chiquita Holmes, Joan Looby and Kendra Blakely
4. Relationship of Optimism, Pessimism, and Dysfunctional Career Thoughts in Breast Cancer Survivors from the Bahamas
Levette S Scott, Carlos P Zalaquett, Herbert Exum, Jeffrey D Kromrey, Cheryl R Ellerbrock and Raheem J. Paxton
5. Gender Roles and the Family Life Cycle: The Case of Women with Cancer
Larra Petersen, Theresa Kruczek and Angela Shaffner
6. Feminist-Informed Medical Family Therapy Principles and Techniques Across Biopsychosocial Systems Levels for Younger Women with Breast Cancer and their Partners
Stephanie R. Burwell, Bowden Templeton, Kelly S. Kennedy and Lisa Zak-Hunter
Biography
Kristina S. Brown is Professor and the Chair of the Couple and Family Therapy at Adler University. She is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Feminist Family Therapy and Editor of the new AAMFT Systemic Ethics Textbook. Dr. Brown is a feminist qualitative researcher with a broad focus on the experiences of women across identities as represented in her scholarly work. She lives in her “empty nest” in the Chicago Loop with her husband of 30 years and their two polydactyl cats, Cameron and Ferris.
