A woman's disease : the history of cervical cancer /

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Cervical cancer is an emotive disease with multiple connotations. It has stood for the horror of cancer, the curse of femininity, the hope of cutting-edge medical technologies and the promise of screening for malignant tumours. For a long time, this disease was identified with the most dreaded aspec...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Löwy, Ilana, 1948-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Sujets:
Geschichte.
Cervix uteri > Cancer > History.
Cervix uteri > Cancer > Social aspects > History.
Women > history
Women's Health > history
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms > history
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms > prevention & control
Col de l'utérus > Cancer > Histoire.
Col de l'utérus > Cancer > Aspect social > Histoire.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > Cancer.
MEDICAL > Oncology.
Cervix uteri > Cancer.
Gebärmutterhalskrebs
Medizin
History.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Prologue: Three Patients
  • 1. The Early History of Tumours of the Womb
  • 2. Surgical Cures for a Cancerous Uterus
  • 3. The Hope of Rays
  • 4. The Pap Smear
  • 5. Save the Women
  • 6. Cervical Cancer Becomes a Sexually Transmitted Disease
  • 7. Still a Woman's Scourge
  • Epilogue: Ceryical Cancer in the Twenty-First Century
  • Glossary
  • Notes
  • Further Reading
  • Index.

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