Bibliograph

Radical, the science, culture, and history of breast cancer in America, Kate Pickert

Type

Label

Radical, the science, culture, and history of breast cancer in America, Kate Pickert

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-314) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Radical

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1119723891

Responsibility statement

Kate Pickert

Sub title

the science, culture, and history of breast cancer in America

Summary

Kate Pickert worked as a health-care journalist and knew medical treatment well, but it all changed when she was diagnosed with an aggressive type of breast cancer at age 35. Pickert used her journalistic skills to identify the cultural, scientific, and historical forces shaping the lives of breast-cancer patients in the modern age

Table Of Contents

Seek and ye shall find -- CSI: breasts -- Diagnosis -- Pink vibes -- Lady parts -- Not your mother's chemotherapy -- Pick your poison -- Targets -- From scalpels to sentinels -- Whole again -- So meta -- Prognosis

Target audience

adult

Classification