Military metaphors have long been used in promoting breast cancer awareness, prevention, and treatment. Lerner presents a remarkably readable understanding of distinctly American attitudes toward the disease and the ways in which American culture and society have influenced its treatment. Illustrations.
Military metaphors have long been used in promoting breast cancer awareness, prevention, and treatment. Lerner presents a remarkably readable understanding of distinctly American attitudes toward the disease and the ways in which American culture and society have influenced its treatment. Illustrations.
Barron H. Lerner, M.D. is Angelica Berrie Gold Foundation Associate Professor of Medicine and Public Health at the Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, where he teaches internal medicine, medical history, and bioethics. He is the author of Contagion and Confinement: Controlling Tuberculosis Along the Skid Road as well as articles in professional journals and publications such as The Washington Post. He lives with his wife and two children in Westchester County, New York.
Inhaltsangabe
1: Introduction 2: Establishing a Tradition 3: Inventing a Curable Disease 4: The Scalpel Triumphant 5: A Heretical Interlude 6: Reality Check 7: "I Alone Am in Charge of My Body" 8: No Shrinking Violet 9: Seek and Ye Shall Find 10: "The World Has Passed Us By" 11: The Past as Prologue 12: Risky Business 13: Epilogue 14: Postscript
1: Introduction 2: Establishing a Tradition 3: Inventing a Curable Disease 4: The Scalpel Triumphant 5: A Heretical Interlude 6: Reality Check 7: "I Alone Am in Charge of My Body" 8: No Shrinking Violet 9: Seek and Ye Shall Find 10: "The World Has Passed Us By" 11: The Past as Prologue 12: Risky Business 13: Epilogue 14: Postscript
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