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Meet Betty RollinRollin is the author of seven books, including First, You Cry, a moving story - the first of its kind - about her breast cancer and mastectomy. Published in 1976 and re-published in 2000 in honor of the author's 25th "cancer anniversary", it received wide critical acclaim and was made into a television movie starring Mary Tyler Moore as Ms. Rollin... Betty Rollin's LecturesTopics include The Bright Side of Breast Cancer, Making the Best of the Worst, others... TestimonialsLetters of appreciation for Betty's lectures... BooksBooks include Here's the Bright Side, First, You Cry, Last Wish, others... breast cancer survivorsNBC News correspondent Betty Rollin, glamorous, successful, and happily married, had it all -- and then she learned that she had a malignant tumor in her breast. Written with wit, warmth, and soul searching honesty, First, You Cry is the inspiring, true story about how one woman transformed the most terrifying ordeal of her life into a new beginning... lectures breast cancerThe Bright Side of Breast Cancer is a factual, funny and uplifting talk about what Ms. Rollin has learned from the experience of having cancer and about progress that has been made to treat the disease... lectures death with dignityTopics: Death and Dying: End of life decisions. Should physician-assisted suicide be an option? What Patients Want: (a talk designed for physicians, medical students and nurses) What we patients want in terms of care, compassion and manners! If the news is bad, how we like it delivered... lectures womens health issuesHer bestseller Last Wish, published in 1985 and republished in 1998 deals with the suicide of her terminally ill mother. One critic called it "a document of personal compassion and public importance." The book has been published in 18 foreign countries and was made into a TV movie, which aired on ABC in 1992, starring Patty Duke and Maureen Stapleton... physician assisted suicideThe groundbreaking book, Last Wish was a New York Times Bestseller and a Book Of The Month Club Featured Alternate. The expanded 1998 edition includes current background material on the debate over physician-assisted suicide, a list of resource organizations, the complete text of the Oregon Death With Dignity Act, and a question list about issues for use in discussion groups and classrooms... speakers breast cancerMaking the Best of the Worst: Turning life's disasters around (includes illness). We'd of course prefer awful things didn't happen to us, but when they do, there are ways to turn them around... speakers death with dignityThis is the story of TV journalist Betty Rollin's memoir of her mother Ida's two-and-a-half year struggle with ovarian cancer, ending with Ida's decision to end her own life. The story paints a realistic picture of difficult cancer chemotherapy and Betty's choice to help her mother commit suicide. The story is moving and shows how family bonds intensified in response to the illness... speakers womens health issues
NBC News correspondent Betty Rollin, glamorous, successful, and happily married, had it all -- and then she learned that she had a malignant tumor in her breast. Written with wit, warmth, and soul searching honesty, First, You Cry is the inspiring, true story about how one woman transformed the most terrifying ordeal of her life into a new beginning...
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