Format:
XI, 284 S.
,
Ill.
,
23 cm
ISBN:
9780813544045
Series Statement:
Critical issues in health and medicine
Content:
Double jeopardy: cancer and the "cure" -- The court considers informed consent -- The rise of radioactive cobalt -- The back story: "a little of the Buchenwald touch" -- Behind the fallout controversy: the public, the press, and conflicts of interest -- Cancer and fallout: science by circumvention -- Paradise lost -- Subdued by the system -- The hidden assassin: the individual at fault -- Experiments by other means
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Double jeopardy: cancer and the "cure" -- The court considers informed consent -- The rise of radioactive cobalt -- The back story: "a little of the Buchenwald touch" -- Behind the fallout controversy: the public, the press, and conflicts of interest -- Cancer and fallout: science by circumvention -- Paradise lost -- Subdued by the system -- The hidden assassin: the individual at fault -- Experiments by other means.
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Leopold, Ellen Under the Radar Piscataway : Rutgers University Press, 2008 ISBN 9780813545653
Language:
English
Subjects:
Medicine
Keywords:
USA
;
Ost-West-Konflikt
;
Radioaktiver Niederschlag
;
Krebs
;
Geschichte 1945-2000
;
USA
;
Ost-West-Konflikt
;
Medizinische Radiologie
;
Wissenschaftsentwicklung
;
Geschichte 1945-2000
