Negotiating disease : power and cancer care, 1900-1950 /

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"Criticism of conventional medicine is often regarded as a product of the 1960s. Before then, "scientific medicine" enjoyed uncontested cultural prestige, with kindly but strict doctors wielding unquestioned authority over grateful patients while "quacks" flogged dubious rem...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Clow, Barbara Natalie, 1959-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001.
Colección:McGill-Queen's/Hannah Institute studies in the history of medicine, health, and society ; 12.
Temas:
1900-1999
Cancer > Alternative treatment > Canada.
Cancer > Government policy > Canada.
Medical personnel and patient > Canada > History.
Cancer > Treatment > Ontario > History > 20th century.
Medical Oncology > history
History, 20th Century
Neoplasms > history
Cancer > Traitement > Ontario > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Cancer > Médecines parallèles > Canada.
Cancer > Politique gouvernementale > Canada.
Relations personnel médical-patient > Canada > Histoire.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > Cancer.
MEDICAL > Oncology.
Cancer > Treatment.
Cancer > Alternative treatment.
Cancer > Government policy.
Medical personnel and patient.
Canada
Ontario.
Canada.
Electronic books.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Framing a Response to Disease
  • 1. Health Begins at Home: Lay Perceptions of Illness, Disease, and Doctors
  • 2. The Problem of Cancer: Doctors, Scientists, and the Dread Disease
  • 3. The Contours of Legitimate Medicine: Doctors, Alternative Practitioners, and Cancer
  • 4. Cancer Patients Take Care: Sufferers, Healers, and Illness Experiences
  • 5. Negotiating a Response to Disease: Politics and Cancer
  • Conclusion: Authority, Legitimacy, and the Problem of Cancer.

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