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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. - x, 216 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-205) 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.

ISBN: 9780472072194 9780472052196

LCCN: 2014005568

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Genetic screening--Moral and ethical aspects.
Breast--Cancer--Genetic aspects.
Ovaries--Cancer--Genetic aspects.
BRCA genes.

LC Class. No.: RC280.B8 / . H475 2014

Dewey Class. No.: 616.99/449042

National Library of Medicine Call No.: WP 870

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