Waiting for Cancer to Come : Women's Experiences with Genetic Testing and Medical Decision Making for Breast and Ovarian Cancer /

Hesse-Biber, Sharlene Nagy.

Waiting for Cancer to Come : Women's Experiences with Genetic Testing and Medical Decision Making for Breast and Ovarian Cancer / Sharlene Hesse-Biber. - Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, (c)2014. - 1 online resource (227 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.

The genetic testing industry : capitalizing on fear, selling empowerment -- Ready for the test -- You're BRCA positive? -- Waiting and watching -- The surgical fix -- Finding a new normal -- Toward empowerment.



9780472120352 9781322069203




Breast--Cancer--Patients--United States.
Breast--Cancer--Genetic aspects.
Ovaries--Cancer--Genetic aspects.
Genetic screening--Social aspects.
BRCA genes--Diagnostic use.
Cancer in women.
Breast--Cancer--Prevention--Decision making.
Ovaries--Cancer--Prevention--Decision making.
Genetic screening.
Decision making.
Women--Health and hygiene.
Genetic Testing
Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Syndrome--genetics
Decision Making
Women's Health


Electronic Books.

RC280 / .W358 2014