Description
About the Author
Ilana Lowy is a senior researcher at the French National Institute of Health and Medical Science.
Reviews
Splendid... This is a major study for doctors and historians alike. Medical History 2010 Elegantly captures the history of the medicine and the politics, showing how they are interlinked. Lancet 2010 A riveting and tragic story. -- Iona Heath International Journal of Epidemiology 2010 A valuable contribution to the historical scholarship on risk, surgery and cancer, and one can only wish that it will influence current discussions around the topic. -- Thomas Schlich Nuncius 2010 Preventive Strikes, the work of a gifted scholar, is an ambitious contribution to cancer history. -- James S. Olson Social History of Medicine 2011 Lowy makes very clear the price that patients continue to pay for medicine's ignorance of the lessons of its history. She has done us all a service. -- Iona Heath Social History of Medicine 2011 Penetrating, witty... A major study for doctors and historians alike. -- Christopher Lawrence Medical History 2010 Preventive Strikes: Women, Precancer, and Prophylactic Surgery elegantly captures the history of the medicine and the politics. -- Sander L. Gilman Lancet 2010
Book Information
ISBN 9780801893643
Author Ilana Loewy
Format Hardback
Page Count 344
Imprint Johns Hopkins University Press
Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
Weight(grams) 590g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 27mm