To Dance With the Devil: The New War on Breast Cancer - Softcover

Stabiner, Karen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0385312873 ISBN 13: 9780385312875

Publisher: Dell Pub Co, 1998

Synopsis

Based on more than three years of research and interviews, and weaving together the latest scientific research and public policy with stories of the human toll of the disease, this behind-the-scenes account looks at the battle against breast cancer. Reprint.

About this title

About the Author:

Karen Stabiner, whose work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, and The New Yorker, is the author of Inventing Desire, an acclaimed portrait of contemporary American advertising, among other books. She lives in Santa Monica, California, with her husband and daughter.

From the Inside Flap:

ee years of in-depth research and scores of firsthand interviews with the nation's most innovative doctors, scientists, policymakers, and activists, To Dance with the Devil combines medical detective story with political journalism in an unprecedented behind-the-scenes account of the new war against breast cancer.

Interweaving the latest scientific findings and public policy with the gripping human stories of clinicians and patients grappling with the disease firsthand, Karen Stabiner chronicles a year at the groundbreaking UCLA Breast Center, following the progress of Dr. Susan Love, the eminent breast surgeon and author, and a number of Love's patients. From UCLA, her narrative spirals out to examine the turbulent national scene, moving from the White House and the halls of Congress to the cutting-edge labs of leading genetic researchers, from glittering charity events to bureaucratic offices where life-and-death decisions are filtered through the unforgiving lens of cost-b

About this edition

• Publisher: Dell Pub Co
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0385312873
• ISBN 13: 9780385312875
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 545