Beauty without the Breast

Beauty without the Breast
Author :
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 430
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780982914465
ISBN-13 : 0982914466
Rating : 4/5 (65 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Beauty without the Breast by : Felicia Marie Knaul

Download or read book Beauty without the Breast written by Felicia Marie Knaul and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2013-01-14 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Felicia Knaul, an economist who has lived and worked for two decades in Latin America on health and social development, documents the personal and professional sides of her breast cancer experience. Beauty without the Breast contrasts her difficult but inspiring journey with that of the majority of women throughout the world who face not only the disease but stigma, discrimination, and lack of access to health care. This wrenching contrast is the cancer divide—an equity imperative in global health. Knaul exposes barriers affecting women in low and middle-income countries and highlights the role of men, family, and community in responding to the challenge of breast cancer. She shares striking data about breast cancer, a leading killer of young women in developing countries, and narrates the process of applying this evidence and launching Tómatelo a Pecho (also the book title in Spanish)—a Mexico-based program promoting awareness and access to health care. The book concludes with letters from Dr. Julio Frenk, her husband and former Minister of Health of Mexico, written while they shared the trauma of diagnosis and treatment. With force and lucidity, the book narrates the journey of patient and family as they courageously navigate disease and survivorship.


Beauty without the Breast Related Books

Beauty without the Breast
Language: en
Pages: 430
Authors: Felicia Marie Knaul
Categories: Health & Fitness
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-01-14 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Felicia Knaul, an economist who has lived and worked for two decades in Latin America on health and social development, documents the personal and professional
Beauty Without the Breast
Language: en
Pages: 430
Authors: Felicia Marie Knaul
Categories: Health & Fitness
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Knaul documents the personal and professional sides of her experience with breast cancer. She contrasts her own journey with that of women throughout the world
Unapologetic Beauty
Language: en
Pages: 185
Authors: Joanna Frueh
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-02-05 - Publisher: U of Minnesota Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A startlingly powerful collaboration reimagines female beauty What is beauty without pain? Compromise is what our culture offers women: cinching, pinching, cutt
Vogue Body and Beauty Book
Language: en
Pages: 352
Authors: Bronwen Meredith
Categories: Beauty, Personal
Type: BOOK - Published: 1977 - Publisher: Lane, Allen

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The Beauty Myth
Language: en
Pages: 372
Authors: Naomi Wolf
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-03-17 - Publisher: Harper Collins

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The bestselling classic that redefined our view of the relationship between beauty and female identity. In today's world, women have more power, legal recogniti