Cancer, radiation therapy, and the market
Barbara Bridgman Perkins.
Bok Engelsk 2017
| Utgitt | Taylor and Francis
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| Omfang | 1 online resource
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| Opplysninger | 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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| ISBN | 1-315-26913-9. - 1-351-97812-8
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