Women's Bodies and Medical Science: An Inquiry into Cervical Cancer (Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History)

Women's Bodies and Medical Science: An Inquiry into Cervical Cancer (Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History)

by Linda Bryder (Author)

Synopsis

An analysis of a scandal involving a doctor accused of allowing a number of women to develop cervical cancer from carcinoma in situ as part of an experiment he had been conducting since the 1960s into conservative treatment of the disease, to more broadly explore dramatic changes in medical history in the second half of the twentieth century.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 24 May 2010

ISBN 10: 0230236030
ISBN 13: 9780230236035