| Description |
278 pages ; 24 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
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. |
| Summary |
"Will ever-more sensitive screening tests for cancer lead to longer, better lives? Will anticipating and trying to prevent the future complications of chronic disease lead to better health? Not always, says Robert Aronowitz. In fact, it often is hurting us... Drawing on such controversial examples as HPV vaccines, cancer screening programs, and the cancer survivorship movement, Aronowitz demonstrates that patients and their doctors have come to believe, perilously, that far too many medical interventions are worthwhile because they promise to control our fears and reduce uncertainty." -- Taken from book flyleaf. |
| Subject |
Medicine, Preventive -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Diseases -- Risk factors -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Medical care -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Preventive Medicine -- history. (DNLM)D011315Q000266 |
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Risk Factors. (DNLM)D012307 |
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Risk Assessment. (DNLM)D018570 |
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History, 20th Century. (DNLM)D049673 |
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United States. (DNLM)D014481 |
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Medical care. (OCoLC)fst01013753
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Medicine, Preventive. (OCoLC)fst01015324
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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| ISBN |
9780226049717 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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022604971X (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780226049854 (e-book) |
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9780226149854 (e-book) |
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