So Much to Be Done - The Writings of Breast Cancer Activist Barbara Brenner

Klappentext A key figure in North American breast cancer history! Barbara Brenner was executive director of the nonprofit organization Breast Cancer Action! based in San Francisco. She died in 2013 at the age of sixty-one.Barbara Sjoholm is an author and translator. She was a cofounder of the feminist publisher Seal Press and an editor of many works of women’s studies. Rachel Morello-Frosch is professor of environmental science! policy! and management at University of California! Berkeley! and a member of the scientific advisory board of Breast Cancer Action.Anne Lamott is the author! most recently! of Small Victories! which includes an essay about Barbara Brenner. Zusammenfassung What kind of cancer is it? was the first question Barbara Brenner asked her doctor after hearing that the lump in her breast was malignant. His answer: You don't need to know that. Wrong response. Brenner! who was already an activist! made knowing her business and spreading knowledge her mission. The power behind Breast Cancer Action(r) and its tra

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• Authors: Barbara Brenner
• Assisted by: Barbara Sjoholm (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Minnesota Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2016
• EAN: 9780816699438
• ISBN: 978-0-8166-9943-8
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Guides > Health > Illnesses, therapies; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; Onkologie, Umgang mit Krankheit und Gesundheitsproblemen, Medizin, allgemein