A Darker Ribbon: A Twentieth-Century Story of Breast Cancer, Woman, and Their Doctors

By (author): "Ellen Leopold"
Genres:Academic books  Social books  
Publish Date: 1999
A Darker Ribbon: A Twentieth-Century Story of Breast Cancer, Woman, and Their Doctors
ISBN0807065129
ISBN139780807065129
AsinA Darker Ribbon: A Twentieth-Century Story of Breast Cancer, Woman, and Their Doctors
Original titleA Darker Ribbon: A Twentieth-Century Story of Breast Cancer, Women, and Their Doctors
A Twentieth-Century Story of Breast Cancer, Women, and Their Doctors In the first cultural history of breast cancer, Ellen Leopold asks how sexual politics have shaped the relationship between patient and physician, and how a disease recently shrouded in secrecy has become so public.