The breast cancer wars [[electronic resource] ] : hope, fear, and the pursuit of a cure in twentieth-century America / / Barron H. Lerner |
Autore | Lerner Barron H |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (408 p.) |
Disciplina | 616.99/449/00973 |
Soggetto topico |
Breast - Cancer - United States - History - 20th century
Mastectomy - United States - History - 20th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-36717-X
9786612367175 0-19-534956-3 1-4294-6187-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451413203321 |
Lerner Barron H | ||
New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The breast cancer wars [[electronic resource] ] : hope, fear, and the pursuit of a cure in twentieth-century America / / Barron H. Lerner |
Autore | Lerner Barron H |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (408 p.) |
Disciplina | 616.99/449/00973 |
Soggetto topico |
Breast - Cancer - United States - History - 20th century
Mastectomy - United States - History - 20th century |
ISBN |
1-282-36717-X
9786612367175 0-19-534956-3 1-4294-6187-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Establishing a tradition : William Halsted and the radical mastectomy -- Inventing a curable disease : breast cancer control after World War II -- The scalpel triumphant : radical surgery in the 1950s -- A heretical interlude : biology as fate -- Reality check : breast cancer treatment and randomized controlled trials -- "I alone am in charge of my body" : breast cancer patients in revolt -- No shrinking violet : Rose Kushner and the maturation of breast cancer activism -- Seek and ye shall find : mammography praised and scorned -- "The world has passed us by" : science, activism, and the fall of the radical mastectomy -- The past as prologue : what can the history of breast cancer teach us? -- Risky business : breast cancer and genetics. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777021303321 |
Lerner Barron H | ||
New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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One for the road : drunk driving since 1900 / / Barron H. Lerner |
Autore | Lerner Barron H |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvii, 218 pages) : illustrations |
Soggetto topico |
Drunk driving - United States - Prevention
Drunk driving - United States |
ISBN | 1-4214-0349-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910466435203321 |
Lerner Barron H | ||
Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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One for the road : drunk driving since 1900 / / Barron H. Lerner |
Autore | Lerner Barron H |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baltimore : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvii, 218 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 363.12/5140973 |
Soggetto topico |
Drunk driving - United States - Prevention
Drunk driving - United States |
ISBN | 1-4214-0349-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction : what's the harm? -- The discovery of drunk driving -- Science and government enter the fray -- The MADD mothers take charge -- The movement matures and splinters -- Lamb, lightner, and libertarians : a backlash -- Conclusion: more (and more) stories. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910793048703321 |
Lerner Barron H | ||
Baltimore : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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When illness goes public [[electronic resource] ] : celebrity patients and how we look at medicine / / Barron H. Lerner |
Autore | Lerner Barron H |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (353 p.) |
Disciplina | 610.92/2 |
Soggetto topico |
Celebrities - Diseases
Celebrities Medicine |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8018-8955-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The first modern patient : the public death of Lou Gehrig -- Crazy or just high-strung? : Jimmy Piersall's mental illness -- Picturing illness : Margaret Bourke-White publicizes Parkinson's disease -- Politician as patient : John Foster Dulles battles cancer -- No stone unturned : the fight to save Brian Piccolo's life -- Persistent patient : Morris Abram as experimental subject -- Unconventional healing : Steve Mcqueen's Mexican journey -- Medicine's blind spots : the delayed diagnosis of Rita Hayworth -- Hero or victim? : Barney Clark and the technological imperative -- "You murdered my daughter" : Libby Zion and the reform of medical education -- Patient activism goes Hollywood : how America fought AIDS -- The last angry man and woman : Lorenzo Odone's parents fight the medical establishment. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452156103321 |
Lerner Barron H | ||
Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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When illness goes public [[electronic resource] ] : celebrity patients and how we look at medicine / / Barron H. Lerner |
Autore | Lerner Barron H |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (353 p.) |
Disciplina | 610.92/2 |
Soggetto topico |
Celebrities - Diseases
Celebrities Medicine |
ISBN | 0-8018-8955-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The first modern patient : the public death of Lou Gehrig -- Crazy or just high-strung? : Jimmy Piersall's mental illness -- Picturing illness : Margaret Bourke-White publicizes Parkinson's disease -- Politician as patient : John Foster Dulles battles cancer -- No stone unturned : the fight to save Brian Piccolo's life -- Persistent patient : Morris Abram as experimental subject -- Unconventional healing : Steve Mcqueen's Mexican journey -- Medicine's blind spots : the delayed diagnosis of Rita Hayworth -- Hero or victim? : Barney Clark and the technological imperative -- "You murdered my daughter" : Libby Zion and the reform of medical education -- Patient activism goes Hollywood : how America fought AIDS -- The last angry man and woman : Lorenzo Odone's parents fight the medical establishment. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778349203321 |
Lerner Barron H | ||
Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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