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23 produkter
How Cancer Crossed the Color Line
Av Keith Wailoo
Häftad, 2017
619 kr
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In the course of the 20th century, cancer went from being perceived as a white woman's nemesis to a "democratic disease" to a fearsome threat in communities of color. Drawing on film and fiction, on medical and epidemiological evidence, and on patients' accounts, Keith Wailoo tracks this …
How Cancer Crossed the Color Line
Av Keith Wailoo
Inbunden, 2011
813 kr
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In the course of the 20th century, cancer went from being perceived as a white woman's nemesis to a "democratic disease" to a fearsome threat in communities of color. Drawing on film and fiction, on medical and epidemiological evidence, and on patients' accounts, Keith Wailoo tracks this …
How Cancer Crossed the Color Line
Av Keith Wailoo
E-bok, 2011
472 kr
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In the course of the 20th century, cancer went from being perceived as a white woman''s nemesis to a "democratic disease" to a fearsome threat in communities of color. Drawing on film and fiction, on medical and epidemiological evidence, and on patients'' accounts, Keith Wailoo tracks this …
How Cancer Crossed the Color Line
Av Keith Wailoo
E-bok, 2010
472 kr
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In the course of the 20th century, cancer went from being perceived as a white woman''s nemesis to a "democratic disease" to a fearsome threat in communities of color. Drawing on film and fiction, on medical and epidemiological evidence, and on patients'' accounts, Keith Wailoo tracks this …
Pushing Cool
Big Tobacco, Racial Marketing, and the Untold Story of the Menthol Cigarette
Av Keith Wailoo
Inbunden, 2021
295 kr
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Police put Eric Garner in a fatal chokehold for selling cigarettes on a New York City street corner. George Floyd was killed by police outside a store in Minneapolis known as “the best place to buy menthols.” Black smokers overwhelmingly prefer menthol brands such as Kool, Salem, and Newport. All …
Troubled Dream of Genetic Medicine
Ethnicity and Innovation in Tay-Sachs, Cystic Fibrosis, and Sickle Cell Disease
Av Keith Wailoo, Stephen Pemberton
Inbunden, 2006
822 kr
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Why do racial and ethnic controversies become attached, as they often do, to discussions of modern genetics? How do theories about genetic difference become entangled with political debates about cultural and group differences in America? Such issues are a conspicuous part of the histories of three …
Troubled Dream of Genetic Medicine
Ethnicity and Innovation in Tay-Sachs, Cystic Fibrosis, and Sickle Cell Disease
Av Keith Wailoo, Stephen Pemberton
Häftad, 2006
367 kr
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Why do racial and ethnic controversies become attached, as they often do, to discussions of modern genetics? How do theories about genetic difference become entangled with political debates about cultural and group differences in America? Such issues are a conspicuous part of the histories of three …
Three Shots at Prevention
The HPV Vaccine and the Politics of Medicine's Simple Solutions
Av Keith Wailoo, Julie Livingston m. fl.
Häftad, 2010
411 kr
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In 2007, Texas governor Rick Perry issued an executive order requiring that all females entering sixth grade be vaccinated against the human papillomavirus (HPV), igniting national debate that echoed arguments heard across the globe over public policy, sexual health, and the politics of …
Dying in the City of the Blues
Sickle Cell Anemia and the Politics of Race and Health
Av Keith Wailoo
Häftad, 2001
472 kr
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Understanding the connections between culture, race, politics, and disease This groundbreaking book chronicles the history of sickle cell anemia in the United States, tracing its transformation from an ""invisible"" malady to a powerful, yet contested, cultural symbol of African American pain and …
Death Retold
Jesica Santillan, the Bungled Transplant, and Paradoxes of Medical Citizenship
Av Peter Guarnaccia, Julie Livingston m. fl.
E-bok, 2009
357 kr
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In February 2003, an undocumented immigrant teen from Mexico lay dying in a prominent American hospital due to a stunning medical oversight — she had received a heart-lung transplantation of the wrong blood type. In the following weeks, Jesica Santillan’s tragedy became a portal into the …
Katrina's Imprint
Race and Vulnerability in America
Av Keith Wailoo, Karen M. O'Neill m. fl.
Inbunden, 2010
1090 kr
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Katrina's Imprint highlights the power of this sentinel American event and its continuing reverberations in contemporary politics, culture, and public policy. Published on the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the multidisciplinary volume reflects on how history, location, access to …
Katrina's Imprint
Race and Vulnerability in America
Av Keith Wailoo, Karen M. O'Neill m. fl.
Häftad, 2010
400 kr
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Katrina's Imprint highlights the power of this sentinel American event and its continuing reverberations in contemporary politics, culture, and public policy. Published on the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the multidisciplinary volume reflects on how history, location, access to …
Genetics and the Unsettled Past
The Collision of DNA, Race, and History
Av Keith Wailoo, Alondra Nelson m. fl.
Inbunden, 2012
1462 kr
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Our genetic markers have come to be regarded as portals to the past. Analysis of these markers is increasingly used to tell the story of human migration; to investigate and judge issues of social membership and kinship; to rewrite history and collective memory; to right past wrongs and to arbitrate …
Genetics and the Unsettled Past
The Collision of DNA, Race, and History
Av Keith Wailoo, Alondra Nelson m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
454 kr
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Our genetic markers have come to be regarded as portals to the past. Analysis of these markers is increasingly used to tell the story of human migration; to investigate and judge issues of social membership and kinship; to rewrite history and collective memory; to right past wrongs and to arbitrate …
Pain
A Political History
Av Keith Wailoo
Häftad, 2015
376 kr
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In this history of American political culture, Keith Wailoo examines how pain has defined the line between liberals and conservatives from just after World War II to the present. From disabling pain to end-of-life pain to fetal pain, the battle over whose pain is real and who deserves relief has …
Death Retold
Jesica Santillan, the Bungled Transplant, and Paradoxes of Medical Citizenship
Av Peter Guarnaccia, Julie Livingston m. fl.
E-bok, 2009
1766 kr
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In February 2003, an undocumented immigrant teen from Mexico lay dying in a prominent American hospital due to a stunning medical oversight--she had received a heart-lung transplantation of the wrong blood type. In the following weeks, Jesica Santillan''s tragedy became a portal into the …
Dying in the City of the Blues
Sickle Cell Anemia and the Politics of Race and Health
Av Keith Wailoo
E-bok, 2014
393 kr
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This groundbreaking book chronicles the history of sickle cell anemia in the United States, tracing its transformation from an “invisible” malady to a powerful, yet contested, cultural symbol of African American pain and suffering. Set in Memphis, home of one of the nation’s first sickle cell …
Dying in the City of the Blues
Sickle Cell Anemia and the Politics of Race and Health
Av Keith Wailoo
E-bok, 2024
2229 kr
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This groundbreaking book chronicles the history of sickle cell anemia in the United States, tracing its transformation from an “invisible” malady to a powerful, yet contested, cultural symbol of African American pain and suffering. Set in Memphis, home of one of the nation’s first sickle cell …
Dying in the City of the Blues
Sickle Cell Anemia and the Politics of Race and Health
Av Keith Wailoo
E-bok, 2024
1924 kr
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This groundbreaking book chronicles the history of sickle cell anemia in the United States, tracing its transformation from an invisible malady to a powerful, yet contested, cultural symbol of African American pain and suffering.Set in Memphis, home of one of the nations first sickle cell clinics, …
Dying in the City of the Blues
Sickle Cell Anemia and the Politics of Race and Health
Av Keith Wailoo
E-bok, 2014
393 kr
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This groundbreaking book chronicles the history of sickle cell anemia in the United States, tracing its transformation from an “invisible” malady to a powerful, yet contested, cultural symbol of African American pain and suffering. Set in Memphis, home of one of the nation’s first sickle cell …
Death Retold
Jesica Santillan, the Bungled Transplant, and Paradoxes of Medical Citizenship
Av Peter Guarnaccia, Julie Livingston m. fl.
E-bok, 2009
357 kr
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In February 2003, an undocumented immigrant teen from Mexico lay dying in a prominent American hospital due to a stunning medical oversight — she had received a heart-lung transplantation of the wrong blood type. In the following weeks, Jesica Santillan’s tragedy became a portal into the …
Drawing Blood
Technology and Disease Identity in Twentieth-Century America
Av Keith Wailoo
Häftad, 1999
282 kr
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In Drawing Blood, medical historian Keith Wailoo uses the story of blood diseases to explain how physicians in this century wielded medical technology to define disease, carve out medical specialties, and shape political agendas. As Wailoo's account makes clear, the seemingly straightforward …
Three Shots at Prevention
The HPV Vaccine and the Politics of Medicine's Simple Solutions
Av Keith Wailoo, Julie Livingston m. fl.
Inbunden, 2010
692 kr
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In 2007, Texas governor Rick Perry issued an executive order requiring that all females entering sixth grade be vaccinated against the human papillomavirus (HPV), igniting national debate that echoed arguments heard across the globe over public policy, sexual health, and the politics of …
