Under the Radar : Cancer and the Cold War /

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At the end of the Second World War, a diagnosis of cancer was a death sentence. Sixty years later, it is considered a chronic disease rather than one that is invariably fatal. Although survival rates have improved, the very word continues to evoke a special terror and guilt, inspiring scientists and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Leopold, Ellen, 1944-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2009.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Radioactive fallout.
Radiation carcinogenesis.
Informed consent (Medical law)
Cobalt > Isotopes > Therapeutic use.
Cancer.
MEDICAL > History.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > Pollution Control.
Medecine > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Tumeurs dues aux radiations > États-Unis.
Retombees radioactives > États-Unis.
Consentement eclaire (Droit medical) > États-Unis.
Cobaltotherapie > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Cancer > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Radiotherapy > history
Radioactive Fallout > history
Patient Rights > history
Human Experimentation > history
History, 20th Century
Cobalt Radioisotopes > history
Neoplasms > history
Radiation carcinogenesis > United States.
Radioactive fallout > United States.
Informed consent (Medical law) > United States.
Cold War > Health aspects > United States.
Cobalt > Isotopes > Therapeutic use > United States > History > 20th century.
Cancer > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
United States
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Double jeopardy: cancer and the "cure"
  • The court considers informed consent
  • The rise of radioactive cobalt
  • The back story: "a little of the Buchenwald touch"
  • Behind the fallout controversy: the public, the press, and conflicts of interest
  • Cancer and fallout: science by circumvention
  • Paradise lost
  • Subdued by the system
  • The hidden assassin: the individual at fault
  • Experiments by other means.

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