Politics, Science, and Dread Disease : A Short History of United States Medical Research Policy / Stephen P. Strickland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Strickland, Stephen P., Author.

Series:

Commonwealth Fund Publications

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical policy--United States.

Medicine--Research--United States.

Local Subjects:

Medical policy--United States.

Medicine--Research--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 p.)

Edition:

2nd printing 1977. Reprint 2014

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

I. Conquering Cancer: The Origins of a National Policy

II. The War Years and Reconversion: Hazards and Possibilities

III. The Rise of the Research Lobby: A New Mobilization

IV. Federal Aid for Medical Education: The ΑΜΑ and Avenues Blocked

V. Emerging Congressional Leadership

VI. Consolidation: Policies and Politics

VII. Lobbying Medical Professionals and Professional Medical Lobbyists

VIII. The Dangers of Political Success

IX. The Breakdown of the Coalition

X. The End of an Era

XI. An Assessment of Policy Results

XII. Conquering Cancer: Renewing the Goal

Notes. Index

Notes

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Dez 2019)

ISBN:

0-674-59489-4

OCLC:

1013940569