Contested medicine : cancer research and the military / Gerald Kutcher.

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Kutcher, Gerald

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780226465333
0226465330
9780226465319
0226465314

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Contested medicine.DDC classification:

362.196/9940072 22

LOC classification:

RC267 .K88 2009eb

NLM classification:

2009 E-626
QZ 269

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Contents:

Cancer clinical trials -- The production of trustworthy knowledge -- Military medicine and cancer therapy -- Cancer patients as proxy soldiers -- A cancer patient's story -- Peer review -- Public disclosure -- Ethical judgment.

Summary: In the 1960s University of Cincinnati radiologist Eugene Saenger infamously conducted human experiments on patients with advanced cancer to examine how total body radiation could treat the disease. But, under contract with the Department of Defense, Saenger also used those same patients as proxies for soldiers to answer questions about combat effectiveness on a nuclear battlefield. Using the Saenger case as a means to reconsider cold war medical trials, Contested Medicine examines the inherent tensions at the heart of clinical studies of the time. Emphasizing the deeply intertwined and mutually.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-234) and index.

In the 1960s University of Cincinnati radiologist Eugene Saenger infamously conducted human experiments on patients with advanced cancer to examine how total body radiation could treat the disease. But, under contract with the Department of Defense, Saenger also used those same patients as proxies for soldiers to answer questions about combat effectiveness on a nuclear battlefield. Using the Saenger case as a means to reconsider cold war medical trials, Contested Medicine examines the inherent tensions at the heart of clinical studies of the time. Emphasizing the deeply intertwined and mutually.

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