Publisher | Oxford University Press |
ISBN 13 | 9780195161069 |
ISBN 10 | 0195161068 |
Author | Angelica Berrie Gold Foundation Assistant Professor of Medicine and Public Health Barron H Lerner M.D. |
Book Format | Paperback |
Language | English |
Book Description | Military metaphors have long been used in promoting breast cancer awareness, prevention, and treatment. Lerner presents a remarkably readable understanding of distinctly American attitudes toward the disease and the ways in which American culture and |
About the Author | Barron H. Lerner, M.D. is Angelica Berrie Gold Foundation Associate Professor of Medicine and Public Health at the Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, where he teaches internal medicine, medical history, and bioethics. He is the author of Contagion and Confinement: Controlling Tuberculosis Along the Skid Road as well as articles in professional journals and publications such as The Washington Post. He lives with his wife and two children in Westchester County, New York. Read more |
Publication Date | 2003-05-01 |
Number of Pages | 416 pages |
The Breast Cancer Wars: Hope, Fear, and the Pursuit of a Cure in Twentieth-Century America