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Author Aronowitz, Robert A. (Robert Alan), 1953- author.

Title Risky medicine : our quest to cure fear and uncertainty / Robert Aronowitz.

Publication Info. Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2015.
©2015

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 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  610.28 ARONOWITZ    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  610.289 ARONOWITZ    Check Shelf
Description 278 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-266) and index.
Contents Risky medicine : our quest to cure fear and uncertainty -- The converged experience of risk and disease -- The social and psychological efficacy of risk interventions -- The Framingham heart study : the emergence of the risk factor approach -- Gardasil : a vaccine against cancer and a drug to reduce risk -- Lyme disease vaccines : a cautionary tale for risk intervention -- Cancer survivorship : the entangled experience of risk and disease -- The global circulation of risk interventions -- Situating health risks : an opportunity for disease prevention policy -- Epilogue : the risk system.
Subject Preventive Medicine -- history
Risk Factors
Risk Assessment
History, 20th Century
United States
Medicine, Preventive -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Diseases -- Risk factors -- Social aspects -- United States.
Medical care -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN 9780226049717 (cloth : alk. paper)
022604971X (cloth : alk. paper)
9780226049854 (e-book)
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