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So Much to Be Done - The Writings of Breast Cancer Activist Barbara Brenner (Hardcover)
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So Much to Be Done - The Writings of Breast Cancer Activist Barbara Brenner (Hardcover)
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"What kind of cancer is it?" was the first question Barbara Brenner
asked her doctor after hearing that the lump in her breast was
malignant. His answer: "You don't need to know that." Wrong
response. Brenner, who was already an activist, made knowing her
business and spreading knowledge her mission. The power behind
Breast Cancer Action (R) and its transformative Think Before You
Pink campaign, Barbara Brenner brought an abundance of wit,
courage, and clarity to the cause and forever changed the
conversation. What had been construed as an individual crisis could
now be seen for what it was: a pressing concern of public health
and social justice, with environmental issues at the center of
prevention efforts. Collected in So Much to Be Done, and framed by
personal accounts of Barbara and her influential work, Brenner's
columns and blog posts form a chronicle of breast cancer research
and health care activism that is as inspiring as it is informative.
As she takes on the corporate forces at work in breast cancer
research and treatment and in the "pinkwashing" of fund-raising for
the cause, Brenner, a self-described hell-raiser, contends with
cancer herself, twice, and her words offer understanding and
encouragement to all those whose lives are touched by the disease.
When Brenner was diagnosed with ALS in 2011, she broadened her
critique of health care while also writing about her own
experience. Infused with her characteristic moxie, humor, anger,
and compassion, these reflections from her last two years provide
an in-depth, precisely observed portrayal of what it is to live
with a terminal disease and to die on one's own terms.
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