Women's Health

Women and Cancer
Herausgeber: Brown, Kristina S.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book delves into the critical issue of cancer as one of the leading causes of death for women across diverse backgrounds, highlighting the alarming racial disparities across healthcare for women that affect mortality rates for Black, Indigenous, and Women of Color.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 135
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Mai 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm
• ISBN-13: 9781032718392
• ISBN-10: 1032718390
• Artikelnr.: 72655363

Autorenporträt

Kristina S. Brown is Professor and the Chair of the Couple and Family Therapy at Adler University. She is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Feminist Family Therapy and Editor of the new AAMFT Systemic Ethics Textbook. Dr Brown is a feminist qualitative researcher with a broad focus on the experiences of women across identities as represented in her scholarly work. She lives in her "empty nest" in the Chicago Loop with her husband of 30 years and their two polydactyl cats, Cameron and Ferris.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Women and Cancer 1. Diagnosis, Prognosis and Caregiving: An
Autoethnography 2. Breast Cancer and Body Image: Feminist Therapy
Principles and Interventions 3. Therapeutic Interventions with Families of
Breast Cancer Survivors 4. Relationship of Optimism, Pessimism, and
Dysfunctional Career Thoughts in Breast Cancer Survivors from the Bahamas
5. Gender Roles and the Family Life Cycle: The Case of Women with Cancer
6. Feminist-Informed Medical Family Therapy Principles and Techniques
Across Biopsychosocial Systems Levels for Younger Women with Breast Cancer
and their Partners