Buch, Englisch, Band 88, 205 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 359 g
Reihe: Philosophy and Medicine
Buch, Englisch, Band 88, 205 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 359 g
Reihe: Philosophy and Medicine
ISBN: 978-90-481-7139-2
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
This volume offers a discursive analysis of breast cancer. From multiple perspectives—historical, philosophical, psychological, socio-political—these essays explore the competing narratives that have made breast cancer a contested site. It addresses debates about the autonomy of the patient in relation to the authority of the physician, as well as the importance of patient narratives in understanding disease. It analyzes the relation between the community and medical practice, particularly with regard to the effect of breast cancer activists and feminists on the medical understanding and treatment of breast cancer. And, it questions the intersection of medical science with political institutions and agencies of public policy in determining priorities of research and strategies of treatment.
Zielgruppe
Research
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinische Ethik
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Medizinische Ethik
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
- Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Sexualpsychologie
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Onkologie, Krebsforschung
Weitere Infos & Material
Discourses of Breast Cancer: Who Speaks for Breast Cancer?.- Women Finding Their Own Ways to Live with Human Contingency Negotiating Personal and Political Settlements with Breast Cancer.- Power, Gender, and Pizzazz: The Early Years of Breast Cancer Activism.- Breast Cancer: Dueling Discourses and the Persistence of an Outmoded Paradigm.- Doing Things with Ideas and Affects in the Illness Narratives Of Susan Sontag and Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick.- Narratives of Breast Cancer: Living with Disease.- The Breast Cancer Diaries.- Breast Cancer: The Maternal Body Reflected in a Three-way Mirror.- Learn to Love What's Left.- Death and the Other.- Breast Cancer as a Model in Clinical Research.- Breast Cancer Research.- Clinical Trials for Breast Cancer and Informed Consent.- The Role of Psychosocial Research in Understanding and Improving the Experience of Breast Cancer Breast Cancer Risk.- Breast Cancer in the Classroom.- Teaching about Breast Cancer and "Common Health".- Theoretical Considerations on "Reading" the Breast.- Recent Developments in Breast Cancer Research.