The Breast Reconstruction Guidebook, 4th Edition, 9781421422961
Paperback
Minas Chrysopoulo, MD, of the PRMA Plastic Surgery Center for Advanced Breast Reconstruction, highlights the book’s strengths and offers a medical perspective on breast cancer and reconstructive surgery. The extensively updated text includes new discussions of; innovative reconstructive procedures; …

The Breast Reconstruction Guidebook, 4th Edition

Issues and Answers from Research to Recovery

$64.79

  • Paperback

    288 pages

  • Release Date

    14 August 2017

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Summary

Since 2002, The Breast Reconstruction Guidebook has been the best resource on this topic for women who have had a mastectomy. Equal parts science and support, it is filled with stories that illustrate the emotional and physical components of breast reconstruction. Kathy Steligo, a gifted writer and breast cancer survivor who has twice had breast reconstruction, compassionately answers women’s questions about how they will respond emotionally and physically to losing a breast, whether to trea…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781421422961
ISBN-10:1421422964
Author:Kathy Steligo
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:Johns Hopkins University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:288
Edition:4th
Release Date:14 August 2017
Weight:408g
Dimensions:229mm x 152mm x 17mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

This book is a must for a patient taking the steps to have a mastectomy due to cancer or for prophylactic purposes. It is also relevant to all healthcare staff who are caring for the patient through this journey and their families and loved ones.—Jane Brown, Quality Governance Manager, Specialised Clinical Services Division, Worcestershire Acute NHS Trust, Nursing Times

About The Author

Kathy Steligo

Kathy Steligo is the editor-at-large for Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered (FORCE). She is the coauthor of Confronting Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer: Identify Your Risk, Understand Your Options, Change Your Destiny and Confronting Chronic Pain: A Pain Doctor’s Guide to Relief.

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