Breast cancer : society shapes an epidemic / [edited by] Anne S. Kasper and Susan J. Ferguson.

New York : Palgrave, 2002.

xii, 388 pages ; 21 cm

1st Palgrave pbk. ed.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Inventing a curable disease: historical perspectives on breast cancer / Barron H. Lerner -- Deformities and diseased: the medicalization of women's breasts / Susan J. Ferguson -- Breast cancer and the evolving health care system: why health care reform is a breast cancer issue / Ellen R. Shaffer -- Profits from pain: the political economy of breast cancer / Jane S. Zones -- Women's experiences of breast cancer / Marcy E. Rosenbaum and Gun M. Roos -- Breast cancer policymaking / Carol S. Weisman -- Controversies in breast cancer research / Sue V. Rosser -- The environmental link to breast cancer / Sandra Steingraber -- Breast cancer in popular women's magazines from 1913 to 1996 / Jennifer R. Fosket, Angela Karran, and Christine LaFia -- Sister support: women create a breast cancer movement / Barbara A. Brenner -- Conclusion: eliminating breast cancer from our future / Anne S. Kasper and Susan J. Ferguson.