Risky medicine : our quest to cure fear and uncertainty / Robert Aronowitz.

Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2015.

278 pages ; 24 cm

Risky medicine : our quest to cure fear and uncertainty -- The converged experience of risk and disease -- The social and psychological efficacy of risk interventions -- The Framingham heart study and the emergence of the risk factor approach to coronary heart disease : 1947-1970 -- Gardasil : a vaccine against cancer and a drug to reduce risk -- The rise and fall of the lyme disease vaccines : a cautionary tale for risk interventions in American medicine and public health -- Cancer survivorship : the entangled experience of risk and disease -- The global circulation of risk interventions -- Situating health risks : an opportunity for disease prevention policy -- Epilogue : the risk system.

Includes bibliographical references and index.