A Woman's Decision: Breast Care, Treatment & Reconstruction - Softcover

Berger, Karen J.; Bostwick, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1576260801 ISBN 13: 9781576260807

Publisher: Quality Medical Pub, 1998

Synopsis

A comprehensive reference, that fully details every reconstructive procedure to enable you to make an informed decision on your own course of treatment and to prepare you for what to expect. Learn the advantages and disadvantages of immediate and delayed reconstruction, cost of procedures, pain and recuperation period for each procedure, risks and benefits. The bottom line-GET THE ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS. This book offers hope to any woman facing the prospect of breast cancer.

About this title

About the Author

Karen Berger, co-author of A Woman's decision: Breast Care, Treatment and reconstruction, is a respected medical writer and publisher who has spent the last 15 years interviewing and surveying women with breast cancer and has lectured widely on women's health, breast cancer, doctor-patient communications and breast reconstruction issues.

Karen is a speaker for the American Cancer Society and has worked extensively with breast cancer support groups throughout th country. She has testified as an expert witness before the FDA, been interviewed on Oprah Winfrey, The MacNeil Leher Report and CNN and has received national coverage in the New York Times, Newsweek, Time, The St Louis Post Dispatch and U.S. News and World Report. This is the only lay person ever to address the American College of Surgerons at their annual congress.

John Bostwick, III, M.D., the world's foremost authority and experts on breast surgery and breast reconstruction. Dr. Bostwick is Chairman and Professor of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, one of the leading departments of Plastic Surgery in the world.

Dr Bostwick has lectured extensively on breast cancer, breast surgery and breast reconstruction and has written over 100 scientific articles and several acclaimed texts on Breast Surgery and Reconstruction.

Review

"A timely book that should be read by every woman." -- The Los Angeles Times

"A valuable resource for all women." -- Women's Health Observer

"Informative...invaluable...remarkable..." -- Charles M. Balch, M.D., M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Texas

Edition details

• Publisher: Quality Medical Pub
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1576260801
• ISBN 13: 9781576260807
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 575