A woman's disease : the history of cervical cancer /

A woman's disease : the history of cervical cancer /

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Author / Creator:Löwy, Ilana, 1948-
Imprint:Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Description:1 online resource (ix, 220 pages)
Language:English
Subject:
Cervix uteri -- Cancer -- History.
Cervix uteri -- Cancer -- Social aspects -- History.
Women -- history.
Women's Health -- history.
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms -- history.
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms -- prevention & control.
Cervix uteri -- Cancer.
Electronic books.
History.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11124830
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ISBN:9780191634130
0191634131
9780199548811
0199548811
9786613625069
661362506X
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-213) and index.
English.
Print version record.
Summary: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.
Other form:Print version: Löwy, Ilana, 1948- Woman's disease. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011 9780199548811
Standard no.:9786613625069

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