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

  • Aronowitz, Robert A. (Robert Alan), 1953-
Date:
2015
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About this work

Publication/Creation

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

Physical description

278 pages ; 24 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

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.

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  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    JO.6.AA9-10
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ISBN

  • 9780226049717
  • 022604971X