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Description for Woman's Disease
Cervical cancer is an emotive disease with multiple connotations. It has stood for the horror of cancer, the curse of femininity, the hope of cutting-edge medical technologies, and the promise of screening for malignant tumours. Ilana Lowy follows the disease from antiquity to the 21st century, tracing both medical progress and social change. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: MBX; MJCL; PDZ; VFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 203 x 24. Weight in Grams: 352.
Cervical cancer is an emotive disease with multiple connotations. It has stood for the horror of cancer, the curse of femininity, the hope of cutting-edge medical technologies and the promise of screening for malignant tumours. For a long time, this disease was identified with the most dreaded aspects of malignancies: prolonged invalidity and chronic pain, but also physical degradation, shame and social isolation. Cervical cancer displayed in parallel the dangers of being a woman. In the 20th century, innovations initially developed to control cervical cancer - radiotherapy and radium therapy, exfoliate cytology (Pap smear), homogenisation of the 'staging' ... Read more
Cervical cancer is an emotive disease with multiple connotations. It has stood for the horror of cancer, the curse of femininity, the hope of cutting-edge medical technologies and the promise of screening for malignant tumours. For a long time, this disease was identified with the most dreaded aspects of malignancies: prolonged invalidity and chronic pain, but also physical degradation, shame and social isolation. Cervical cancer displayed in parallel the dangers of being a woman. In the 20th century, innovations initially developed to control cervical cancer - radiotherapy and radium therapy, exfoliate cytology (Pap smear), homogenisation of the 'staging' ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199548811
SKU
V9780199548811
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About Ilana Lowy
Ilana Löwy is a biologist and historian of medicine, and Senior Research Fellow at the French National Institute for Health and Medical Research.
Reviews for Woman's Disease
The book is an easy to read, historical account of the advances in diagnosis, treatment and prevention of cervical cancer and the change in society's attitudes toward this disease. It is well referenced and the chapters are arranged in a logical sequence. I would recommend the book for those who have an interest in the history of women's health and ... Read more