Malignant : how cancer becomes us /

"Cancer can kill: this fact makes it concrete. Still, it's a devious knave. Nearly every American will experience it up-close and all too personally, wondering why the billions of research dollars thrown at the word haven't exterminated it from the English language. Like a sapper diff...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jain, Sarah S. Lochlann, 1967- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2013.
Temas:
Jain, Sarah S. Lochlann, > 1967-.
Cancer > Government policy > United States.
Cancer > Research > United States.
Cancer > Risk factors > Government policy > United States.
Carcinogens > Government policy > United States.
Carcinogens.
Medical policy.
Neoplasms > psychology
Carcinogens
Health Policy
Medical Oncology > legislation & jurisprudence
Neoplasms > economics
Research Support as Topic
Cancer > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Cancer > Recherche > États-Unis.
Cancérogènes > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Cancérogènes.
Politique sanitaire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Medical policy
Cancer > Government policy
Cancer > Research
Cancer > Risk factors > Government policy
Carcinogens > Government policy
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: We Just Don't Know It Yet; 1. Living in Prognosis: The Firing Squad of Statistics; 2. Poker Face: Gaming a Lifespan; 3. Cancer Butch: Trip Up the Fast Lane; 4. Lost Chance: Medical Mistakes; 5. The Mortality Effect: The Future in Cancer Trials; 6. Inconceivable: Where IVF Goes Bad; 7. Can Sir: What Screening Doesn't Do; 8. Fallout: Minuets in the Key of Fear; 9. Rubble: Bakelite Bodies; Conclusion: Shameless; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index.

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