Cancer, radiation therapy, and the market / Barbara Bridgman Perkins.
Perkins, Barbara Bridgman, author.; ProQuest (Firm)
2017
RC270.3.R33 P47 2017
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Title Cancer, radiation therapy, and the market / Barbara Bridgman Perkins.
Author Perkins, Barbara Bridgman, author.
ISBN 9781351978132 (electronic book)
1351978136 (electronic book)
9781138285248
1138285242
Published London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (241 pages)
Call Number RC270.3.R33 P47 2017
Dewey Decimal Classification 616.99/40757
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
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Series Routledge studies in the history of science, technology, and medicine.
Available in Other Form Print version: 1138285242
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Introduction : medical care as trade
The medical radium industry
The General Electric Company dominates X-ray
Competing research universities
Megavoltage competition in academia and industry
Medicine's nuclear arms race
An economic success story at Stanford
Radiation therapy politics
Speculating on proton therapy
Rationalizing radiation therapy, reforming health care
Conclusion : choosing health over wealth.

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