The Big Squeeze : A Social and Political History of the Controversial Mammogram.
Reynolds, Handel E.
The Big Squeeze : A Social and Political History of the Controversial Mammogram. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (133 pages) - The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work Series . - The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work Series .
The Big Squeeze -- Contents -- Introduction: The Mammography Story -- 1. Timing Is Everything -- 2. First Exposure -- 3. The Aftermath -- 4. A Tale of Two Epidemics -- 5. Age Is Nothing But a Number -- 6. Pulling the Plug on Granny -- 7. The House That Mammography Built -- 8. Overdiagnosis: Mammography's Burden -- Notes -- Index.
This concise book chronicles the often turbulent history of screening mammography since its introduction in the early 1970s.
9780801466007
Breast -- Radiography -- United States -- History.
Breast -- Cancer -- Diagnosis -- United States -- History.
Electronic books.
RG493.5.R33
618.1/90754
The Big Squeeze : A Social and Political History of the Controversial Mammogram. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (133 pages) - The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work Series . - The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work Series .
The Big Squeeze -- Contents -- Introduction: The Mammography Story -- 1. Timing Is Everything -- 2. First Exposure -- 3. The Aftermath -- 4. A Tale of Two Epidemics -- 5. Age Is Nothing But a Number -- 6. Pulling the Plug on Granny -- 7. The House That Mammography Built -- 8. Overdiagnosis: Mammography's Burden -- Notes -- Index.
This concise book chronicles the often turbulent history of screening mammography since its introduction in the early 1970s.
9780801466007
Breast -- Radiography -- United States -- History.
Breast -- Cancer -- Diagnosis -- United States -- History.
Electronic books.
RG493.5.R33
618.1/90754