Cancer, Radiation Therapy, and the Market
Author:   Barbara Bridgman Perkins
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780367348557


Pages:   250
Publication Date:   05 July 2019
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Barbara Bridgman Perkins
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780367348557


ISBN 10:   0367348551
Pages:   250
Publication Date:   05 July 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Medical Care as Trade PART I Radiation Enterprise, 1895 to World War II 2. The Medical Radium Industry 3. The General Electric Company Dominates X-ray 4. Competing Research Universities PART II Competitive Megavoltage, World War II to the 1970s 5. Megavoltage Competition in Academia and Industry 6. Medicine’s Nuclear Arms Race 7. An Economic Success Story at Stanford 8. Radiation Therapy Politics PART III Financializing Medicine, 1970s to the 2010s 9. Speculating on Proton Therapy 10. Rationalizing Radiation Therapy, Reforming Health Care 11. Choosing Health Over Wealth Selected Bibliography Index

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Do commercials for Gamma Knife, proton therapy and other types of radiosurgery for cancer fill you will both hope and trepidation? If so, you should read Cancer, Radiation Therapy, and the Market. Barbara Bridgman Perkins has written a wise and fastidiously-researched history of radiation oncology that explores the intersection of big business, the zeal to cure cancer and the unending allure of the x-ray. Barron H. Lerner, Author of The Breast Cancer Wars: Hope, Fear and the Pursuit of a Cure in Twentieth-Century America and


Do commercials for Gamma Knife, proton therapy and other types of radiosurgery for cancer fill you will both hope and trepidation? If so, you should read Cancer, Radiation Therapy, and the Market. Barbara Bridgman Perkins has written a wise and fastidiously-researched history of radiation oncology that explores the intersection of big business, the zeal to cure cancer and the unending allure of the x-ray. Barron H. Lerner, Author of The Breast Cancer Wars: Hope, Fear and the Pursuit of a Cure in Twentieth-Century America and


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Barbara Bridgman Perkins is the author of The Medical Delivery Business: Health Reform, Childbirth, and the Economic Order and articles in medical history and public health policy.

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