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Unnatural history : breast cancer and American society
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- Creator
- Robert A. Aronowitz
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007
- Physical Details
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- xi, 366 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780521822497, 0521822491
- OCLC
- ocm84838426
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-345) and index.
- Cancer in the breast, 1813 -- Pessimism and promise -- Taking responsibility for cancer -- Living at risk -- "Do not delay": the war against time -- "Prophets of doom": skeptics of the cancer establishment at mid- century -- Balancing hope, trust, and truth: Rachel Carson -- The rise of surveillance -- Crisis in prevention -- Breast cancer risk: "waiting for the axe to fall"
Subjects
- Breast -- Cancer -- United States -- History.
- Breast -- Cancer -- Social aspects -- United States.
- Breast Neoplasms -- history -- United States.
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- Attitude to Health -- United States.
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- Breast Neoplasms -- epidemiology -- United States.
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- Breast Neoplasms -- psychology -- United States.
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- History, 19th Century -- United States.
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- History, 20th Century -- United States.
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