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Hidden Agenda
Carol Chase Bjerke
出版
Borderland Books
, 2008
主題
Art / Individual Artists / General
Art / Subjects & Themes / General
Biography & Autobiography / Women
Biography & Autobiography / Adventurers & Explorers
Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs
Health & Fitness / Diseases & Conditions / Cancer
ISBN
0981562000
9780981562001
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=D4U0AQAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
Hidden Agenda
documents Carol Chase Bjerke's large-scale multifaceted art project about living with an ostomy after treatment for colorectal cancer. An ostomy is a surgical reconfiguration of the intestine to create an opening in the abdominal wall through which body wastes pass. Addressing quality-of-life issues ranging from questions of identity and privacy to specifics of management and self-care, this book is about relentlessness and repetition and time measured in medical supplies. Bjerke conveys vast amounts of information and provides an entree into long-overdue discussions about what many would designate as a crude and outdated medical procedure that is still used as state-of-the-art treatment for a variety of gastrointestinal diseases. Intensely personal yet tastefully, thoughtfully, and beautifully wrought, Bjerke's artwork not only provides one woman's story about living with an ostomy but also serves as inspiration, affirmation, and support for patients, family members, artists, and everyone interested in the healing power of creativity. Finalist, MIPA Midwest Book Award for Health, Midwest Independent Publishers Association