Research

Reading list – Breast Cancer and Related Topics
You are welcome to borrow any of these books from us for a two week period.

Please remember to return your books so other women can use them also.

Please fill in the borrower’s card with your name and phone number.

Public libraries will also have a range of these and other books of interest, as well as selected bookshops. There are many other books available.

The Wounded Breast – Evelyn Accad 2001

My Breast, One Woman’s Story – Joyce Adler 1994

Patient No More – The Politics of Breast Cancer – Sharon Batt 1996

The Unofficial Guide to Surviving Breast Cancer– Stacie Zoe Berg & Richard Theriault 1999

Cancer in Two Voices – Sandra Butler & Barbara Rosenblum 1991

I Don’t Know What to Say: Hows to Support Someone Who is Dying – Robert Buckman 1998

Cancer’s a Word, Not a Sentence – Fiona Castle 2000

Beating our Breasts – Margaret Clark 2000

Up Front: Sex and the Post-Mastectomy Woman – Linda Dackman 1990

Modified Radical & Other Cancer Poems – Ann Davidson 1990

Breast Cancer – Linda Dyson 1989

The Breast Cancer Treatment Survival Handbook: Hope is Contagious – Margit Esser Porter 1997

Dear God, It’s Cancer: A Medical and Spiritual Guide for Patients and Their Families – William A. Fintel & Gerald R. McDermott 1997

A Season in Hell – Marilyn French 1998

A Visible Wound: A Healing Journey through Breast Cancer – Julie Friedberger 1996

Women of Silence: The Emotional Healing of Breast Cancer – Grace Gawler 1994

Mediation: Pure and Simple – Ian Gawler 2003

The Journey Through Cancer – Jeremy Geffen 2000

Natural Alternatives to HRT – Marilyn Glenville 1997

After the Change – Kathleen Griffin 1996

Mediations for Women who do too much – Harper Collins 1996

50 Ways to Cope With Menopause – Linda Hughey Hoff 1994

You’ll Get Over It: The Rage of Bereavement – Virginia Ironside 1996

The Estrogen Answer Book – Ruth Jacobswitz 1999

Thanks for the Mammogram: Fighting Cancer with Hope and a Healthy Dose of Laughter – Laura Jensen Walker 2000

Spinning Straw Into Gold: Your Emotional Recovery from Breast Cancer – Ronnie Kaye 1991

Spirited Women: Journeys with Breast Cancer – Petra King 1995

Treading the Maze: An Artists Journey Through Breast Cancer – Susan E King 1997

On Death and Dying – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross 1970

The Breast Cancer Companion – Kathy La Tour 1993

Dr Susan Love’s Breast Book – Susan M Love & Karen Lindsay 1990

The Hormone Dilemma – Susan M Love & Karen Lindsay 1997

A Woman’s Guide to Healing From Breast Cancer – Nan Lu 1999

Examining Myself – Musa Mayer 1993

Advanced Breast Cancer: A Guide to Living With Metastatic Disease – Musa Mayer 1998

Women’s Cancers: How to Prevent Them, How to Treat Them, How to Beat Them – Kerry A McGinn & Pamel J Haylock 1993

The Chemotherapy Survival Guide – Judith McKay 1995

Seeing the Crab: A Memoir of Dying – Christina Middlebrook 1996

The Cancer Industry – Ralph W. Moss 1999

Breast Changes: What You Need to Know – NBCC 1997

Early Breast Cancer – NHMRC 1995

All about Early Breast Cancer – NHMRC 1996

Information for Women Considering Preventative Mastectomy Because of a Strong Family History of Breast Cancer – NHMRC 2000

Ice Bound: One Woman’s Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole – Jerri Nielsen 2001

Bosom Buddies: Lessons and Laughter on Breast Health and Cancer – Rosie O’Donnell & Deborah Axelrod 1999

Your Life in Your Hands– Jane Plant 2000

The Feisty Woman’s Breast Cancer Book – Elaine Ratner 1999

Living on the Edge: Women Writers on Breast Cancer – Hilda Raz 1999

Me and My Shadow: My Fight Against Cancer – Deidre Redgrave 1995

The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying – Sogyal Rinpoche 1992

After Cancer: A Guide to Your New Life – Wendy Schessel Harpham 1994

Sexuality and Cancer – Leslie R. Schover
Sexuality and Fertility After Cancer – Leslie R. Schover 1997

Love, Medicine and Healing – Bernie Segal 1988

Peace, Love and Healing – Bernie Segal 1991

Diary of a Breast – Elisa Segrave 1995

Close to the Bone: Life Threatening Illness and the Search for Meaning – Jean Shinoda Bolen 1996

To Dance with the Devil. The New War on Breast Cancer: Politics, Power & People – Karen Starbinder 1997

Beyond Grief: A Guide for the Recovering from the Death of a Loved One – Carol Staudacher 1987

Living Downstream: An Ecologist Looks at Cancer and the Environment – Sandra Steingrab 1997

The Phyto Factor – Maryon Stewart 1998

The Breast Book – Miriam Stoppard 1996

Recovering From Breast Surgery – Diana Stumm 1995

The Breast Cancer Handbook – Joan Swirsky & Barbara Balaban 1994

Breast Cancer: Beyond Convention – Mary Tagliaferri 2002

Fine Black Lines: Reflections On Facing Cancer Fear and Loneliness – Lois Tscheller Hjelmstad 1993

Taking Time: Support for People Living With Cancer and the People Who Care about Them – US Department of Health and Human Services 1996

My Breast– Joyce Wadler 1992

Menopause and Mind – Claire Warga 1999

Breast Cancer? Breast Health: The Wise Woman Way – Susan S Weed 1996

Songs of Strength: Sixteen Women Talk About Cancer – Women’s Cancer Group 1997

A History of the Breast – Marilyn Yalom 1998

Living in the Postmastectomy Body – Becky Zuckweiler 1995

BOOKS FOR CHILDREN/TEENAGERS
Will I Get Breast Cancer – Questions & Answers for Teenage Girls – Carole G Vogel, Silver Burdett Press 1995

Sharing: A Family’s Guide to Breast Cancer – Bristol-Myers Squibb Oncology 1994


AUDIO TAPES
Women of Silence, The Emotional Healing of Breast Cancer – Grace Gawler 1994

All About Early Breast Cancer – NHMRC 1996


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