Silicone Survivors

Author : Susan M. Zimmermann
Publisher : Temple University Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1566396123

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Silicone Survivors by Susan M. Zimmermann Pdf

Susan Zimmermann talked with forty women about one of the most sensitive issues of body image and health - their breasts, the chief attribute of femininity. In the aftermath of the early 1990s controversy over the use of silicone breast implants, how do women decide to undergo surgery to enhance or reconstruct their bodies? How does surgery alter a woman's self-image? How do they face the possibility of debilitating autoimmune disease from rupturing or leaking implants? Now, having faced years of medical and personal uncertainty, many have coped by reassessing their lives and their relationships, by sharing information and support with other women with implants, outreach that becomes a means for self-empowerment.

Author : Gary Null,Barbara Seaman
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
Page : 1622 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1583222782

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For Women Only! by Gary Null,Barbara Seaman Pdf

Both a reference work and a health guide, 'For Women Only!' joins together hands-on advice from the country's leading alternative health practitioners with essays, interviews and commentary by leading thinkers, activists, writers, doctors and sociologists. Contributors include the Boston Women's Health Book Collective, Phyllis Chesler, Angela Davis, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the National Black Women's Health Project, Gloria Steinem, Sojourner Truth and Naomi Wolf, among many others.

Author : Nancy Bruning
Publisher : Hunter House
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0897933710

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Breast Implants by Nancy Bruning Pdf

This edition discusses current research on the relationship between breast implants and disease; hardening, leaking, and rupture of implants; and relevant court decisions. The author also discusses the newest implant techniques and guidelines for having implants removed or replaced.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 598 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Health
ISBN : UCSC:32106012678972

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Agenda for Research on Women's Health for the 21st Century: without special title by Anonim Pdf

Author : Hemitra Elan*tra Vedenetra
Publisher : Author House
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-08-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781481757782

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Silicone Injury by Hemitra Elan*tra Vedenetra Pdf

In this memoir of courageous survival and endurance, author Hermitra Elan*tra Vedentra recounts her harrowing journey through Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, Connective Tissue Disease, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity and Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity, as a consequence of chemical poisoning from her silicone breast implants. For her, breasts implants were supposed to be the solution to a problem. Instead a much bigger problem ensued, and she was sent careening down a precipice she never could have foreseen. Her body was destroyed by silicone and so was her life. Her task then became one of survival. Her story begins in a small town in Italy, unfolds in New Jersey, New York City and Dallas, Texas and ends in the high mountain desert of Arizona, where she had to escape to save her life.

Author : NA NA
Publisher : Springer
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137037794

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Breast Cancer by NA NA Pdf

Breast Cancer: Society Shapes an Epidemic provides an innovative look at the social and political contexts of breast cancer and examines how this illness has become a social problem. This is not a book about breast cancer as a biological disease, its diagnosis and treatment, or the latest research to cure it. Rather, it looks at how economics, politics, gender, social class, and race-ethnicity have deeply influenced the science behind breast cancer research, spurred the growth of a breast cancer industry, generated media portrayals of women with the disease, and defined and influenced women s experiences with breast cancer. The contributors address the social construction of breast cancer as an illness and as an area of scientific controversy, advocacy, and public policy. Chapters on the history of breast cancer, the health care system, the environment, and the marketing of breast cancer, among others, tease apart the complex social forces that have shaped our collective and individual responses to breast cancer.

Author : Merrill Singer,Hans A. Baer
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2008-08-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780759112407

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Killer commodities by Merrill Singer,Hans A. Baer Pdf

Killer Commodities enters the increasingly heated debate regarding consumer culture with a critical examination of the relationship between corporate production of goods for profit and for public health. This collection analyzes the nature and public health impact of a wide range of dangerous commercial products from around the world, and it addresses the question of how policies should be changed to better protect the public, workers, and the environment.

Author : Richard J. Sundberg
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 754 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781315342030

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The Chemical Century by Richard J. Sundberg Pdf

This fascinating new volume provides a comprehensive yet concise overview of the chemical aspects of some of the major innovations and changes that occurred during the 20th century, relating chemical structures and properties to real-life applications. Developed for a course taught by the author for several years at UVA, the author covers the important and consequential developments in chemistry and explains their everyday, real-life applications. These include such topics as consumer products, fossil fuel use, polymers, agriculture, food production, nutrition, explosives, and drugs. The section Molecular Biology and Its Applications includes examples of the application of biotechnology and genetic engineering.

Author : Nora Jacobson
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Augmentation mammaplasty
ISBN : 0813527155

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Cleavage by Nora Jacobson Pdf

Women's breasts have been idealized as symbols of femininity and motherhood. They have held great social and psychological significance as objects drawing intrusive gazes, and as images of self worth to be measured against an idealized form. It is no wonder, then, that a technology emerged to alter and "enhance" their appearance. Nora Jacobson traces the hundred-year history of one such technology: breast implants. Organized both chronologically and thematically, this book examines the history of breast implant technology from 1895 to 1990, including the controversies that erupted in the early 1990s over the safety of the devices and the Food and Drug Administration's regulation of their use. Jacobson examines such topics as politics and bias in medical practice and the role of bureaucracies, corporations, and governments in establishing policy and regulating implant technology.

Author : Frank E Johnson,Katherine S. Virgo
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2007-11-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781592599752

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The Bionic Human by Frank E Johnson,Katherine S. Virgo Pdf

An integrated survey of best practices for the management of patients with implanted prosthetic devices and an insightful examination of the epidemiological, societal, and policy issues associated with their use. The devices covered range from breast, penile, vascular, and joint prostheses to cochlear, ossicular, and dental implants, and include cerebrospinal fluid shunts, cardiac valves, stents, and pacemakers. For each device, the authors consider its pros and cons, detail the best current strategies to keep implanted patients healthy, and evaluate the latest and most promising new diagnostic tests, Clinical counterpoints from distinguished authorities at major centers in the United States and Europe are offered throughout. Follow-up recommendations are summarized in a standardized format that allows comparative analysis and lays the foundation for controlled clinical trials and the eventual establishment of evidence-based guidelines.

Author : O. A. J. Mascarenhas
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780615143057

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Responsible Marketing by O. A. J. Mascarenhas Pdf

Author : Barry Glassner
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2010-01-05
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780465004430

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The Culture of Fear by Barry Glassner Pdf

The bestselling book revealing why Americans are so fearful, and why we fear the wrong things-now updated for the age of Trump In the age of Trump, our society is defined by fear. Indeed, three out of four Americans say they feel more fearful today than they did only a couple decades ago. But are we living in exceptionally perilous times? In his bestselling book The Culture of Fear, sociologist Barry Glassner demonstrates that it is our perception of danger that has increased, not the actual level of risk. Glassner exposes the people and organizations that manipulate our perceptions and profit from our fears: politicians who win elections by heightening concerns about crime and drug use even as rates for both are declining; advocacy groups that raise money by exaggerating the prevalence of particular diseases; TV shows that create a new scare every week to garner ratings. Glassner spells out the prices we pay for social panics: the huge sums of money that go to waste on unnecessary programs and products as well as time and energy spent worrying about our fears. All the while, we are distracted from the true threats, from climate change to worsening inequality. In this updated edition of a modern classic, Glassner examines the current panics over vaccination and "political correctness" and reveals why Donald Trump's fearmongering is so dangerously effective.

Author : Samantha Senda-Cook,Aaron Hess,Michael Middleton,Danielle Endres
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 511 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781351190459

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Readings in Rhetorical Fieldwork by Samantha Senda-Cook,Aaron Hess,Michael Middleton,Danielle Endres Pdf

Readings in Rhetorical Fieldwork compiles foundational articles highlighting the development of fieldwork in rhetorical criticism. Presenting a wide variety of approaches, the volume begins with a section establishing the starting points for the development of fieldwork in rhetorical criticism and then examines five topics: Space & Place; Public Memory; Publics and Counterpublics; Advocacy and Activism; and Science, Technology, and Medicine. Within these sections, readers evaluate a full spectrum of methods, from interviews, to oral histories, to participant observation. This volume is invaluable for advanced undergraduate and graduate students of rhetorical criticism, rhetorical fieldwork, and qualitative methods looking for a comprehensive overview of the development of rhetorical fieldwork.

Author : Phaedra C. Pezzullo
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2009-05-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780817355876

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Toxic Tourism by Phaedra C. Pezzullo Pdf

The first book length study of the environmental justice movement, tourism, and the links between race, class, and waste

Author : Julia A. Ericksen
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2008-04-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520252929

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Taking Charge of Breast Cancer by Julia A. Ericksen Pdf

"Taking Charge of Breast Cancer incorporates many components of the experience of breast cancer, from personal illness to political economic factors. Based on her very extensive data from interviews and content analysis, Ericksen's fine writing offers a powerful narrative approach that focuses on stages of awareness and action. In the process she eloquently addresses the physical and emotional consequences of breast surgery, changes in body and sexuality, and activism. This is a major contribution to understanding the politics and experience of breast cancer."—Phil Brown, Brown University