Sharlene Janice Nagy Hesse-Biber is Professor of Sociology and Former Director of the Women's & Gender Studies program at Boston College in Chestnut Hill, MA
We are thrilled to be at the 19th International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry in Urbana, IL! If you're here, come say hi and browse our books. 📚 We've loved spending time with with authors like Robert Stake, Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber, Thalia Mulvihill, & Raji Swaminathan!
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97% of Americans over 65 (& some younger people) have Medicare for health insurance- but Medicare won’t cover genetic testing unless the person already has cancer. Email your members of Congress & let them know that people w Medicare deserve access to this vital health service.
"As researchers, we can enhance our relationships in underserved communities if we embed community voices in what we do and participate in a dialogue," says @DrVBSheppard. Read the stories of those working to advance #HealthEquity. https://t.co/uLLCdC9E2c #CancerMoonshot
"How do we turn off the fear, the drudgery and the constant reminders that our disease is just around the corner and possibly waiting to throw our lives out of symmetry all over again?
In my case, the answer has been, in a word, “practice.”
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@criminographer@DarrenBowes3 Emily, I am so sorry to hear about the sudden death of your precious son. I bear witness to your loss and hear your pain and anguish.I will keep a place for him in my heart.