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Cancer, radiation therapy, and the market /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Perkins, Barbara Bridgman
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Routledge, 2017.
Series:Routledge studies in the history of science, technology, and medicine.
Subjects:
Radiation Oncology > history.
Technology, Radiologic > history.
Technology, Radiologic > economics.
Neoplasms > radiotherapy.
History, 20th Century.
History, 21st Century.
United States.
Ebooks.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book.
Table of Contents:
  • 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
  • Choosing health over wealth.