Tools

LEADER 02231cam a22003978a 4500

005 20141212015525.0;

008 000810s2001 nyua b 001 0 eng ;

010 a| 00006391;

016 7 a| 1009620452| DNLM;

020 a| 0195142616 (alk. paper) :c| $25.50;

035 a| (Sirsi) H1018883;

035 a| (OCoLC)44812278;

042 a| pcc;

043 a| n-us---;

049 a| NEHH;

100 1 a| Lerner, Barron H.=| ^A932760;

245 14 a| The breast cancer wars :b| hope, fear, and the pursuit of a cure in twentieth-century America /c| Barron H. Lerner.;

260 a| New York :b| Oxford University Press,c| 2001.;

300 a| xvi, 383 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 25 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. 298-369) and index.;

505 0 a| 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.;

650 12 a| Breast Neoplasmsx| historyz| United States.=| ^A938361;

650 22 a| Breast Neoplasmsx| surgeryz| United States.=| ^A919541;

650 22 a| History, 20th Centuryz| United States.=| ^A941311;

650 22 a| Mastectomyx| historyz| United States.=| ^A938362;

994 a| E0b| NEH;

919 a| BOOK;

959 a| 1018883;

096 a| WP 11 AA1 L616b 2001;

596 a| 4;

998 a| 1559718;

999 a| WP 11 AA1 L616B 2001w| NLMc| 1i| 31740007232840d| 3/1/2011e| 6/12/2002f| 3/1/2011g| 2l| HSLBKm| HSLn| 2p| $25.50r| Ys| Yt| HBKu| 12/11/2001x| BOOKz| HSTACKSo| .STAFF. 0;

The breast cancer wars : hope, fear, and the pursuit of a cure in twentieth-century America / Barron H. Lerner.

Author/creator	Lerner, Barron H.
Format	Book
Publication Info	New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Description	xvi, 383 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects	Breast Neoplasms--history. --United States. Breast Neoplasms--surgery. --United States. History, 20th Century--United States. Mastectomy--history. --United States.

Contents	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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 298-369) and index.
LCCN	00006391
ISBN	0195142616 (alk. paper) :

Availability

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Laupus	Books - Stacks	WP 11 AA1 L616B 2001	✔ Available	Place Hold

The breast cancer wars : hope, fear, and the pursuit of a cure in twentieth-century America / Barron H. Lerner.

Click here for more information about this title

Availability