TY  - GEN
AU  - Shaikh, M.W.
TI  - Women under the shadow of a crab: A true story of a teacher who fought breast cancer (shattered dreams)
SN  - 978-1-5457-5555-6
U1  - Non-fic/Sha 
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Tamil Nadu, 2022
PB  - Prowess Publishing
KW  - Non-Fiction
N2  - Crab is the symbol used by the medical fraternity for Cancer. Women are victim of crab and they fear when they hear about the Breast Cancer. The fear of cancer is so great that the entire family gets disturbed and normally the patient feel that it is the bad stigma and she will not survive. The objective of this book is to make the women aware of the deadly disease called cancer which is treatable and can be cured if detected early. The book also explains and generate awareness in the society about cancer and its consequences on the family members and the patient. Efforts are made in this book to explain in a most simplified way about the cancer patient. The treatment and the side effects of the treatment, it also explains the precautions to be taken while choosing the doctor, hospital, it also suggests about how to overcome the trauma and the shocks. Every women above the age of 40 has to frequently get herself medically check to find out whether the crab (cancer) is chasing or not. In this book the author has narrated a true story of his wife and his family. The author has share his personal experiences in handling cancer patient and his family. The book is attributed and written in the loving memory of his wife who was a Chemistry teacher in a College in Mumbai. “Human Beings cannot choose the disease of his choice. It comes to them naturally and we have to face it.”
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