A Darker Ribbon: Breast Cancer, Women, and Their Doctors in the Twentieth Century
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ISBN: 0807065129 / Publisher: Beacon Pr, October 1999
Covers the history of breast cancer from a cultural perspective focusing on how the social acceptance of the unequality of men and women have impeded progress in finding a cure
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Leopold (writer and member of the Women's Community Cancer Project in Cambridge, Massachusetts) evaluates contemporary ideas and attitudes about breast cancer, describing their historical and political antecedents and focusing on the relationship between the medical establishment and breast cancer patients. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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