عنوان

Under the radar :

شابک

081354565X

شابک

1281801747

شابک

9780813545653

شابک

9781281801746

شابک اشتباه

0813544041

شابک اشتباه

9780813544045

شماره

b798485

عنوان اصلي

Under the radar :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

cancer and the cold war /

نام نخستين پديدآور

Ellen Leopold.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

New Brunswick, N.J. :

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Rutgers University Press,

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

©2009.

نام خاص و کميت اثر

1 online resource (xi, 284 pages).

عنوان فروست

Critical issues in health and medicine

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references and index.

متن يادداشت

Double jeopardy: cancer and the "cure" -- The court considers informed consent -- The rise of radioactive cobalt -- The back story: "a little of the Buchenwald touch" -- Behind the fallout controversy: the public, the press, and conflicts of interest -- Cancer and fallout: science by circumvention -- Paradise lost -- Subdued by the system -- The hidden assassin: the individual at fault -- Experiments by other means.

بدون عنوان

0

متن يادداشت

At the end of the Second World War, a diagnosis of cancer was a death sentence. Sixty years later, it is considered a chronic disease rather than one that is invariably fatal. Although survival rates have improved, the very word continues to evoke a special terror and guilt, inspiring scientists and politicians to wage war against it. In Under the Radar, Ellen Leopold shows how nearly every aspect of our understanding and discussion of cancer bears the imprint of its Cold War entanglement. The current biases toward individual rather than corporate responsibility for rising incidence rates, research that promotes treatment rather than prevention, and therapies that can be patented and marketed all reflect a largely hidden history shaped by the Cold War. Even the language we use to describe the disease, such as the guiding metaphor for treatment, "fight fire with fire," can be traced back to the middle of the twentieth century. Writing in a lucid style, Leopold documents the military, governmental, industrial, and medical views of radiation and atomic energy to examine the postwar response to cancer through the prism of the Cold War. She explores the role of radiation in cancer therapies today, using case studies and mammogram screening, in particular, to highlight the surprising parallels. Taking into account a wide array of disciplines, this book challenges our understanding of cancer and how we approach its treatment.

منبع سفارش / آدرس اشتراک

JSTOR

شماره انبار

22573/ctt4jtw4w

عنوان

Under the radar.

شماره استاندارد بين المللي کتاب و موسيقي

9780813544045

موضوع مستند نشده

Cancer-- United States-- History-- 20th century.

موضوع مستند نشده

Cobalt-- Isotopes-- Therapeutic use-- United States-- History-- 20th century.

موضوع مستند نشده

Cold War-- Health aspects-- United States.

موضوع مستند نشده

Informed consent (Medical law)-- United States.

موضوع مستند نشده

Radiation carcinogenesis-- United States.

موضوع مستند نشده

Radioactive fallout-- United States.

موضوع مستند نشده

Cobalt Radioisotopes-- history.

موضوع مستند نشده

History, 20th Century.

موضوع مستند نشده

Human Experimentation-- history.

موضوع مستند نشده

Neoplasms-- history.

موضوع مستند نشده

Patient Rights-- history.

موضوع مستند نشده

Radioactive Fallout-- history.

موضوع مستند نشده

Radiotherapy-- history.

موضوع مستند نشده

Cancer.

موضوع مستند نشده

Cobalt-- Isotopes-- Therapeutic use.

موضوع مستند نشده

Informed consent (Medical law)

موضوع مستند نشده

MEDICAL-- History.

موضوع مستند نشده

Radiation carcinogenesis.

موضوع مستند نشده

Radioactive fallout.

موضوع مستند نشده

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING-- Environmental-- Pollution Control.

موضوع مستند نشده

United States.

موضوع مستند نشده

United States.

بدون عنوان

2

بدون عنوان

7

موضوع مستند نشده

HIS038000

موضوع مستند نشده

MBX

موضوع مستند نشده

MED039000

موضوع مستند نشده

TEC-- 010010

شماره

ويراست

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Leopold, Ellen,1944-

تاريخ عمليات

20201207110312.0

قواعد فهرست نويسي ( بخش توصيفي )

pn

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y