Breast Cancer: Daughters Tell Their Stories

By J. Dianne Garner, J Dianne Garner, Julianne S Oktay

Book Overview

This insightful book tells the stories of women whose mothers had breast cancer. It uses their own voices to express the common fears and expectations of daughters in the periods before and during their mothers' illnesses, involving genetic risks, death and dying, and changes in their relationships. The case studies, tables and figures, and two appendices will benefit health professionals and counselors, while the poignant narratives will help mothers and daughters better understand their experiences with breast cancer.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789014521
• ISBN13: 9780789014528
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

I loved this book!

Oktay's book is a wonderful tribute to the daughters of breast cancer patients who have an opportunity to share their experiences of loss and personal growth as a result of having lived with a mother who experienced breast cancer. The information shared in the book is a result of an excellent qualitative study which provides us with a rare opportunity to understand the issues facing daughters of breast cancer patients. Since there are stories of women from various ages throughout the life cycle, any daughter of a breast cancer patient will benefit from reading it.

I loved this book!

This book is full of stories--the stories of women whose mothers had breast cancer--30 stories that are extensively and movingly told. The introductory chapter describes the methods the author used--maybe that's all the further the negative revier ever read! This book is unique and invaluable in my opinion because it allows us to listen to daughters as they struggle to understand their mothers' illnesses as they move forward in their own lives. I've never read a book that does this, and I'm very grateful for it.