No shrinking violet: Rose kushner and the rise of american breast cancer activism

Western Journal of Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 362-365

  Lerner, Barron H ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL PROFESSION; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FAMOUS PERSONS; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MARYLAND; MASTECTOMY, RADICAL; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PORTRAITS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0035022153     PISSN: 00930415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ewjm.174.5.362     Document Type: Review

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