For immediate release
October 5, 2011 Contact: Cyndi Fahrlander 816-943-2565
St. Mary’s Medical Center Hosting Free
Seminar on Life after Breast Cancer
Kansas City, Mo. – Some of the scars left after breast cancer treatment go unseen. Many women don’t realize that in addition to the many physical changes they’ll experience, breast cancer also takes a toll on relationship intimacy. Yet retaining intimacy in a relationship is an essential part of overall recovery.
St. Mary’s Medical Center will host a free seminar, Are We Talking Enough? Survivorship and Sexuality, featuring Barbara Rabinowitz, PhD, MSW, RN, on Thursday, October 27, 7-9 a.m., in the Education Center on St. Mary’s campus. A continental breakfast will be served.
Dr. Rabinowitz founded the National Consortium of Breast Centers and is the first woman and first
non-physician President of the American Society of Breast Disease. She served as co-chair of the Psychosocial/Nursing Advisory Group to the New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research and was later appointed by Governor Whitman as the first commissioner to the New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research from a psychosocial discipline.
This event is free, but seating is limited; please call 816-228-3335 to reserve a seat.
St. Mary’s Medical Center is an acute care facility of Carondelet Health (CarondeletHealth.org) which also includes St. Joseph Medical Center, three long-term care facilities and home care services. Carondelet Health is dedicated to the healing ministry of Jesus Christ. Our commitment to human dignity compels us to provide compassionate, quality healthcare for body, mind and spirit, with a special concern for the poor. We are responsible stewards serving the needs of all people from conception to death. Carondelet Health is a member of Ascension Health, the nation’s largest Catholic and nonprofit health system.