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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The breast cancer wars : hope, fear, and the pursuit of a cure in twentieth-century America / / Barron H. Lerner |
Autore | Lerner Barron H |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
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 |
0-19-028656-3
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-9910818158803321 |
Lerner Barron H | ||
New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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From Pink to Green : Disease Prevention and the Environmental Breast Cancer Movement / / Barbara L. Ley |
Autore | Ley Barbara L. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Brunswick, NJ : , : Rutgers University Press, , [2009] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (266 p.) |
Disciplina |
362.196/99449
362.19699449 |
Collana | Critical Issues in Health and Medicine |
Soggetto topico |
Environmentalism - United States
Breast - Cancer - Prevention Breast - Cancer - Environmental aspects Breast - Cancer - United States - History - 21st century Breast - Cancer - United States - History - 20th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8135-5652-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. A Movement in the Making -- Chapter 2. “End the Silence”: Uncertainty Work and the Politics of the Cancer Industry -- Chapter 3. From Touring the Streets to Taking On Science -- Chapter 4. “We Should Not Have to Be the Bodies of Evidence”: The Precautionary Principle in Policy, Science, and Daily Life -- Chapter 5. The Cultural Politics of Sisterhood -- Chapter 6. Toxic Tours Move Indoors: Race, Class, and Breast Cancer Prevention -- Chapter 7. Beyond Breast Cancer, Beyond Women’s Health -- Chapter 8. Still in the Making -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461189803321 |
Ley Barbara L. | ||
New Brunswick, NJ : , : Rutgers University Press, , [2009] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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From Pink to Green : Disease Prevention and the Environmental Breast Cancer Movement / / Barbara L. Ley |
Autore | Ley Barbara L. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Brunswick, NJ : , : Rutgers University Press, , [2009] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (266 p.) |
Disciplina |
362.196/99449
362.19699449 |
Collana | Critical Issues in Health and Medicine |
Soggetto topico |
Environmentalism - United States
Breast - Cancer - Prevention Breast - Cancer - Environmental aspects Breast - Cancer - United States - History - 21st century Breast - Cancer - United States - History - 20th century |
ISBN | 0-8135-5652-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. A Movement in the Making -- Chapter 2. “End the Silence”: Uncertainty Work and the Politics of the Cancer Industry -- Chapter 3. From Touring the Streets to Taking On Science -- Chapter 4. “We Should Not Have to Be the Bodies of Evidence”: The Precautionary Principle in Policy, Science, and Daily Life -- Chapter 5. The Cultural Politics of Sisterhood -- Chapter 6. Toxic Tours Move Indoors: Race, Class, and Breast Cancer Prevention -- Chapter 7. Beyond Breast Cancer, Beyond Women’s Health -- Chapter 8. Still in the Making -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790286103321 |
Ley Barbara L. | ||
New Brunswick, NJ : , : Rutgers University Press, , [2009] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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From pink to green : disease prevention and the environmental breast cancer movement / / Barbara L. Ley |
Autore | Ley Barbara L. <1972-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (266 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.196/99449 |
Collana | Critical issues in health and medicine |
Soggetto topico |
Breast - Cancer - United States - History - 20th century
Breast - Cancer - United States - History - 21st century Breast - Cancer - Environmental aspects Breast - Cancer - Prevention Environmentalism - United States |
ISBN | 0-8135-5652-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | A movement in the making -- "End the silence" : uncertainty work and the politics of the cancer industry -- From touring the streets to taking on science -- "We should not have to be the bodies of evidence" : the precautionary principle in policy, science, and daily life -- The cultural politics of sisterhood -- Toxic tours move indoors : race, class, and breast cancer prevention -- Beyond breast cancer, beyond women's health -- Still in the making. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816077503321 |
Ley Barbara L. <1972-> | ||
New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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