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• Health Communication and Breast Cancer Among Black Women

  Culture, Identity, Spirituality, and Strength

  Madlock Gatison, Annette,

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  Health Communication and Breast Cancer among Black Women: Culture, Identity, Spirituality, and Strength addresses how the discourse of strength constructs the identity of Black women even during times of chronic illness through the lens of Black…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Women, Ethics, and Inequality in U.S. Healthcare

  "to Count Among the Living"

  Vigen, Aana Marie

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  This compelling book explores healthcare inequalities by listening closely to Black and Latina women with breast cancer. It puts their stories into conversation with current healthcare statistics, sharp theological imagination, healthcare providers,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Cancer Disparities

  Causes and Evidence-based Solutions

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  There has been remarkable progress in understanding, preventing, detecting, diagnosing, and treating cancer, resulting in a reduction of cancer incidence and mortality in the United States. Despite this, the cancer burden varies considerably by…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Cancer Journals

  Lorde, Audre

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  Originally published in 1980, Audre Lorde's The Cancer Journals offers a profoundly feminist analysis of her experience with breast cancer & a modified radical mastectomy. Moving between journal entry, memoir, & exposition, Lorde fuses the personal…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How Cancer Crossed the Color Line

  Wailoo, Keith

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  In the course of the 20th century, cancer went from being perceived as a white woman's nemesis to a "democratic disease" to a fearsome threat in communities of color. Drawing on film and fiction, on medical and epidemiological evidence, and on…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Cancer and Elders of Color

  Opportunities for Reducing Health Disparities : Evidence Review and Recommendations for Research and Policy

  Capitman, John A.

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  The prevention, detection and treatment of cancer has received enormous scientific and clinical attention in the US and in other developed countries. However, there has been no comprehensive review of the racial/ethnic disparities in cancer among…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Celebrating Life

  African American Women Speak Out About Breast Cancer

  Dunnavant, Sylvia

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• Black Women and Breast Cancer

  a Cultural Theology

  Williams, Elizabeth A., 1972-

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  Black women with breast cancer construct a cultural theology of breast cancer out of knowing God. Borne out of experiences of the Black Church, womanist theology and their intersectional identities of race, class and gender, this theological…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

  Skloot, Rebecca, 1972-

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  Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells--taken without her knowledge--became one of the most important tools in medicine:…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Breast Cancer in Women of African Descent

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  This book is unique because it bucks the trend of virtually all other breast cancer books by addressing specifically the breast cancer experience of women of African descent and their lifestyle counterparts in other societies of the world.

• Everybody's Got Something

  Roberts, Robin, 1960-

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  As Robin has learned, and what readers of her remarkable story will come to believe as well, it's all about faith, family and friends. And finding out that you are stronger, much stronger, than you think.

• To Hell and Back, Three Times

  Plain Talk to Youth About Cancer

  Williams, Tony

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• Managing Cancer

  the African-American's Guide to Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment

  Rawls, George, 1929-

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  Aimed at the specific needs of African Americans, this book is both a complete medical guide and a human exploration of the emotional aspects of cancer. Recognizing that African Americans develop different types of cancers in greater proportion to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Challenges and Successes in Reducing Health Disparities

  Workshop Summary

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  In early 2007, the Institute of Medicine convened the Roundtable on Health Disparities to increase the visibility of racial and ethnic health disparities as a national problem, to further the development of programs and strategies to reduce…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Handbook of African American Health

  Social and Behavioral Interventions

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  The contributions to this comprehensive "Handbook of African American Health" uncover the specific demographic conditions of the African American population, and outline social interventions for both physical and mental health at the primary,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Black Women and Cancer Disparities

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  Doctors say African American women are at higher risks for contracting and dying of certain gynecological cancers. One patient is telling her story so other women will prioritize regular check ups.

• Cultural Proficiency in Addressing Health Disparities

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  This book has important information and current statistics on health disparities within the United States. It identifies our most vulnerable populations and offers guidelines on how to avoid cultural incompetence and promote cultural proficiency.

• Race in Contemporary Medicine

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  What role should "race" play in the discussion of genetic alleles and populations today? The new genetics has seemed to make "race" both a category that is seen useful if not necessary, as The New York Times noted recently: "Race-based prescribing…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Female African Americans and Health Research

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  African American mothers were twice as likely to have late or no prenatal care compared to White mothers in 2003. African American women are also less likely to be screened for cervical and breast cancer. This means that cancers tend to be found…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Health Disparities Among Under-served Populations

  Implications for Research, Policy and Praxis

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  "Health Disparities Among Under-served Populations: Implications for Research, Policy and Praxis", focuses on a topic of national concern. Both disparities in health status and in health care reflect the continuing power of race, social class, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation