{"product_id":"breast-cancer-inside-out-bodies-biographies-beliefs-paperback","title":"Breast Cancer Inside Out: Bodies, Biographies \u0026 Beliefs - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaria Vaccarella\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eKimberly Myers\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book offers a 360  look at breast cancer from individuals who have intimate understanding of and experience with it: \u003ci\u003epatients \u003c\/i\u003ewho have lived or are living with the disease; \u003ci\u003ehealthcare providers \u003c\/i\u003ewhose perspectives patients and families rarely get to know; and \u003ci\u003eresearchers and scholars \u003c\/i\u003ewho examine breast cancer through various scientific and cultural lenses. Here you will meet 33 individuals from the UK and US who provide both factual information and personal insights in different forms: historical overview, personal essay, interview, play script, poem, interpersonal vignette, practical guidelines, comic, mixed-media photography exhibit and scholarly analysis. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBreast cancer changes lives. This book is meant to be a single go-to source for people who want to understand more fully and clearly the lived experience of breast cancer - what those who know it best think and do and feel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKimberly R. Myers\u003c\/strong\u003e, M.A., Ph.D., is Professor of Humanities and Medicine and Distinguished Educator at Penn State College of Medicine, and Program Director of Schwartz Center Rounds for the Penn State Cancer Institute. Dr. Myers' scholarship focuses on sociocultural dimensions of illness, illness narratives, medical education and graphic medicine, and she has published in professional journals including \u003ci\u003eJournal of the American Medical Association, British Medical Journal, American Medical Association Journal of Ethics, Annals of Internal Medicine, Literature and Medicine \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAcademic Medicine \u003c\/i\u003eas well as lay periodicals including \u003ci\u003eThe Chronicle of Higher Education \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e. She is author or editor of six books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 486\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.01 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 11, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51784147370272,"sku":"9781800796805","price":111.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3febe06249bb467ee743f69ade908d90.webp?v=1780600828","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/breast-cancer-inside-out-bodies-biographies-beliefs-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}