Under the radar : cancer and the cold war / Ellen Leopold.

  • Leopold, Ellen, 1944-
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[2009], ©2009
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New Brunswick, N.J. ; London : Rutgers University Press, [2009], ©2009.

Physical description

xi, 284 pages ; 23 cm.

Contents

Double jeopardy: cancer and the "cure" -- The court considers informed consent -- The rise of radioactive cobalt -- The cobalt 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: radiation enters the mainstream -- Subdued by the system: cancer in the courts, compensation, and the changing concept of risk -- Hidden assassin: the individual at fault -- Experiments by other means: clinical trials and the primacy of treatment over prevention.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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    History of Medicine
    GM.AA9
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  • 9780813544045
  • 0813544041