Hello everyone! Here are the Discussion Questions for Barbara Ehrenreich's Cancerland:

1. What is the value of "I" to Barbara in her state of mind? What does it mean to you?

2. What is your opinion of the corporate sponsorship of disease?

3. Are teddy bears and boxes of crayons appropriate gifts for a woman in this situation as symbols of caring, or do you interpret these actions as degrading and/or 'infantilizing'?

4. Does being female make it more socially acceptable to display weakness?

5. In the mid 1970s the American Cancer Society did not support the idea of post-mastectomy support groups. What do you think could have been a reason for that?