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A Woman's Decision: Breast Care, Treatment, and Reconstruction
by Karen Berger and John Bostwick III, MD, 680 pp, $18.50, ISBN 1-57626-080-1, St Louis, Mo, Quality Medical Publishing, 1998.
Arch Surg. 1999;134:898.
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This book has dual purposes. It is intended to provide breast cancer patients with a compendium of information about their disease and its ramifications, symptoms, progression, and treatment options. It also tries to give physicians a clearer understanding of the emotions, preconceptions, fears, questions, and problems that their patients will confront. This third edition was updated by its coauthors—John Bostwick, a surgeon specializing in breast reconstruction, and Karen Berger, a medical publisher who has long written about and worked with women with breast cancer.
The authors sensitively included all aspects of the information that laypersons require to educate themselves about this disease process and to enable them to fully participate with their physicians in making appropriate treatment choices. This edition carefully explores the current research and updates the innovations in therapy and reconstructive techniques. The authors recognize that knowledge is the most effective way to empower women to confront this . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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