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Cancer, radiation therapy, and the market / Barbara Bridgman Perkins.
Van Pelt Library RC270.3.R33 P47 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Perkins, Barbara Bridgman, author.
- Series:
- Routledge studies in the history of science, technology, and medicine
- Routledge studies in the history of science, technology and medicine
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Radiation Oncology--history.
- Technology, Radiologic--history.
- Technology, Radiologic--economics.
- Neoplasms--radiotherapy.
- History, 20th Century.
- History, 21st Century.
- United States.
- Medical Subjects:
- Radiation Oncology--history.
- Technology, Radiologic--history.
- Technology, Radiologic--economics.
- Neoplasms--radiotherapy.
- History, 20th Century.
- History, 21st Century.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 241 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
- Contents:
- Introduction : medical care as trade
- The medical radium industry
- The General Electric Company dominates X-ray
- Competing research universities
- Megavoltage competition in academia and industry
- Medicine's nuclear arms race
- An economic success story at Stanford
- Radiation therapy politics
- Speculating on proton therapy
- Rationalizing radiation therapy, reforming health care
- Conclusion : choosing health over wealth.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781138285248
- 1138285242
- OCLC:
- 957504175
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