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The Breast Cancer Wars: Hope, Fear, and the Pursuit of a Cure in Twentieth-Century America Lerner, Barron H. (Angelica Berrie Gold Foundation Assistant Professor of Medicine and Public Health, Angelica Berrie Gold Foundation Assistant Professor of Medicine and Public Health, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons)
The Breast Cancer Wars: Hope, Fear, and the Pursuit of a Cure in Twentieth-Century America
Lerner, Barron H. (Angelica Berrie Gold Foundation Assistant Professor of Medicine and Public Health, Angelica Berrie Gold Foundation Assistant Professor of Medicine and Public Health, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons)
In this narrative, Barron H. Lerner offers a medical and cultural history of our century-long battle with breast cancer. Revisiting the past, Lerner argues, can illuminate and clarify the dilemmas confronted by women with, and at risk from, the disease.
408 pages, 15 half tones and 6 line drawings
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | April 24, 2003 |
| ISBN13 | 9780195161069 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 416 |
| Dimensions | 133 × 202 × 26 mm · 470 g |
| Language | English |