Under the radar : cancer and the cold war / Ellen Leopold.

• 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.

• "In Under the Radar, Ellen Leopold shows how nearly every aspect of our understanding and discussion of cancer bears the imprint of its Cold War entanglement, including perhaps the most visible sign of this influence, the prominence of radiation therapies in today's treatment arsenal. Current biases toward individual rather than corporate responsibility for rising incidence rates, research that promotes treatment rather than prevention, and therapies that can be patented and marketed all reflect a largely hidden history shaped by the Cold War. Even the language we have borrowed from this disease to describe social upheavals - the "cancer of communism," "metastasizing insurgencies" - can be traced back to the middle of the twentieth century when atomic energy first appeared on the international stage."--BOOK JACKET. 

Ämnesord

Cancer  -- United States -- History -- 20th century. (LCSH)

Cobalt  -- Isotopes -- Therapeutic use -- United States -- History -- 20th century. (LCSH)

Cold War  -- Health aspects -- United States. (LCSH)

Informed consent (Medical law)  -- United States. (LCSH)

Radioactive fallout  -- United States. (LCSH)

Radiation carcinogenesis  -- United States. (LCSH)

Neoplasms  -- history -- United States. (MeSH)

Cobalt Radioisotopes  -- history -- United States. (MeSH)

History, 20th Century  -- United States. (MeSH)

Human Experimentation  -- history -- United States. (MeSH)

Patient Rights  -- history -- United States. (MeSH)

Radioactive Fallout  -- history -- United States. (MeSH)

Radiotherapy  -- history -- United States. (MeSH)

Krebs <Medizin>  (swd)

Ost-West-Konflikt.  (swd)

Radioaktiver Niederschlag.  (swd)

Cancer  -- Förenta staterna -- historia -- 1900-talet (sao)

Kalla kriget  -- hälsoaspekter -- Förenta staterna (sao)

USA.  (swd)

Indexterm och SAB-rubrik

Vep Onkologi (läran om tumörer)

Kqa.55 Historia: Förenta staterna: 1945-

Klassifikation

RC276 (LCC)

2008 L-527 (NLM)

QZ 11 AA1 (NLM)

363.738 (DDC)

Vep:k (kssb/8)

Kqa.55 (kssb/8)