Rose Kushner Award Winners Announced

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Oncology NEWS InternationalOncology NEWS International Vol 4 No 10
Volume 4
Issue 10

BETHESDA, Md-The American Medical Writers Association (AMWA) has announced the winners of the 1995 Rose Kushner Awards for Writing Achievement in the Field of Breast Cancer, sponsored by the AMWA and Zeneca Pharmaceuticals.

BETHESDA, Md-The American Medical Writers Association (AMWA) hasannounced the winners of the 1995 Rose Kushner Awards for WritingAchievement in the Field of Breast Cancer, sponsored by the AMWAand Zeneca Pharmaceuticals.

  • Lay articles: Laurie Tarkan, How Daughters Face Their Mother'sBreast Cancer (McCall's), and Nicole Spelhaug, Breast Cancer:New Perspectives Can Replace Unrealistic Fears (supplement tothe Mayo Clinic Health Letter).
  • Scientific articles: Amy S. Langer and Karen Hassey Dow, TheBreast Cancer Advocacy Movement and Nursing (Oncology Nursing).
  • Scripts: Jane Glenn Haas, On-Line (The Orange Count News Channel).
  • Brochures and monographs: Aaron Rachel Rose, For Single WomenWith Breast Cancer (Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization).

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