Women's Bodies and Medical Science

An Inquiry into Cervical Cancer

L. Bryder (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

250 Seiten

2010
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-0-230-23603-5 (ISBN)

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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.

LINDA BRYDER is Professor in History at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, with a special research interest in the history of health and medicine.

Introduction Carcinoma in Situ: Meanings and Medical Significance Management of Patients with Carcinoma in situ The Therapeutic Relationship and Patient Consent A Profession Divided Population-based Cervical Screening Four Women Take on the Might of the Medical Profession The 'full story Behind the Inquiry': The Cartwright Inquiry and the Feminists Media Wars: The Report's Reception Women and the Cartwright Inquiry: Nurses, Midwives and Consumers Conclusion: An 'Unfortunate Experiment'

Erscheint lt. Verlag	13.5.2010
Reihe/Serie	Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History
Zusatzinfo	VI, 250 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Klinische Psychologie
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
	Naturwissenschaften
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	0-230-23603-0 / 0230236030
ISBN-13	978-0-230-23603-5 / 9780230236035
Zustand	Neuware