Beauty without the Breast

Beauty without the Breast
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 430
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ISBN-10 : 9780982914465
ISBN-13 : 0982914466
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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.

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