The Thinking Woman's Guide to Breast Cancer: Take Charge of Your Recovery and Remission

Maker, Janet

ISBN 10: 0997661909 / ISBN 13: 9780997661903

Published by Jane Thomas Press, 2017

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Thinking Woman's Guide to Breast Cancer: Take Charge of Your Recovery and Remission
• Publisher: Jane Thomas Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0997661909
• ISBN 13: 9780997661903
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

The Thinking Woman's Guide to Breast Cancer is intended to empower patients go beyond the one-size-fits-all "standard of care"and make the decisions that are best for themselves and their loved ones. Because she has a research background, Dr. Maker was able to find a great deal of information that is not commonly known to patients.  This information helped her tremendously, and it can help you.  This is thebook she wished she had when she needed it.

About the Author

Dr. Maker received her B.A. in English from UCLA, her M.S. in Social Work from Columbia University,and her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Southern California. She began he rcareer as a social worker, child welfare worker, and psychiatric social worker (LCSW and MFT).

 After several years, she switched to Education, and worked as Coordinator of the USC Reading Center while earning her Ph.D. She became an expert in College Reading, and she taught at several colleges and universities in the Los Angeles area. She set up the Reading program at Los Angeles Trade Technical College and retired from there with the rank of full professor. Working with a co-author, she wrote seven of the leading textbooks in the field of College Reading, published by Wadsworth and Prentice-Hall. Her background in academic research was a big help when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2011.