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WomenCARE'S Statement of Philosophy WomenCARE is a community providing advocacy, resources, education and support to women with cancer, their families, friends and health practitioners throughout diagnosis, healing, surviving, or dying. WomenCARE is directed and led primarily by women with cancer or a cancer history. WomenCARE respects and depends upon the wisdom that comes from a diversity of culture, economic background, age, sexual orientation, and physical ability, and thus strives to be an organization embracing the widest diversity of women. Cancer weaves innumerable changes -small and profound- into women's lives. We acknowledge cancer as a complicated disease that strikes at random. We believe that no woman is to blame for getting cancer. WomenCARE honors the unique relationship each individual has to cancer. WomenCARE helps women to explore diagnostic and treatment choices from worldwide and multicultural options. We honor and respect a women's individual decisions, including choosing not to begin or not to continue treatment. In coalition with other organizations, WomenCARE is committed to uncovering and challenging the current politics of cancer. We strive to rectify the insufficient funding for prevention, education, treatment and research of women's cancers as well as the inequitable access to medical and alternative treatments and to quality support services. WomenCARE understands the necessity of, and is committed to, creating an organizational structure and process which promotes the health and well being of all women involved in WomenCARE. WomenCARE, 1001 41st Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA 95062 ©2003 - 2008 WomenCARE
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