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An element of hope : radium and the response to cancer in Canada, 1900-1940 / Charles Hayter.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hayter, Charles.
- Series:
- McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services (Hannah Institute) studies in the history of medicine, health, and society ; 22.
- McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services studies in the history of medicine, health, and society ; 22
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Radium--Therapeutic use--Canada--History.
- Radium.
- Cancer--Radiotherapy--Canada--History.
- Cancer.
- Cancer--Treatment--Canada--History.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 273 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Charles Hayter chronicles the work of Canadian provinces in establishing the cancer programs that remain the framework for modern systems. Focusing on the compromises these programs required, which anticipated later conflicts over Medicare, Hayter concludes by revealing the historical roots of current problems in cancer care.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- The Cancer Crisis Today
- “Cures of a Very Surprising Character”
- “Adorning Our Home”
- “To the Relief of Malignant Diseases of the Poor”
- “The Worst Scourge of Civilized Mankind”
- “A Proper Spirit of Cooperation”:
- Compromising on Cancer
- Seeds of Discord
- Country Interlude
- Cancer From Sea to Sea, 1935–40
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references: p. [233]-260.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-86336-3
- 9786612863363
- 0-7735-7270-8
- OCLC:
- 923230492
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