Ilana Lowy

A Woman's Disease

The History of Cervical Cancer

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Produktbeschreibung

Cervical cancer is an emotive disease with multiple connotations. It has stood for the horror of cancer, the curse of femininity, the hope of cutting-edge medical technologies, and the promise of screening for malignant tumours. Ilana Lowy follows the disease from antiquity to the 21st century, tracing both medical progress and social change.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 132mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9780199548811
• ISBN-10: 0199548811
• Artikelnr.: 33767556

Autorenporträt

Ilana Löwy is a biologist and historian of medicine, and Senior Research Fellow at the French National Institute for Health and Medical Research.

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue
1: The early history of tumours of the womb
2: Surgical cures for a cancerous uterus
3: The hope of rays
4: The Pap smear
5: Save the women
6: Cervical cancer becomes a sexually transmitted disease
7: Still a women's scourge
Epilogue: cervical cancer in the 21st century