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independent of the National Cancer Institute, had generated scientific, organizational, and political cross currents that were seldom found in earlier, small scale biological research.
Identifies how the making of cancer policy is affected by various political, social, scientific, and economic factors and highlights how politics influences many decisions that should logically be based on science
The Politics of Cancer is a 600+ page political statement. Starting from the premises that a high percentage of cancers are caused by exposure to environmental agents and that the latent period between exposure and clinical cancer is 15 to 20 years, Dr Epstein discloses major and minor carcinogenic experiences in the workplace, the personal ...
1 de mar. de 2014 · In this article we review what factors are informing and influencing the political debate on cancer economics across Europe and North America. We have undertaken a comprehensive analysis of the literature and supplemented this with key informant interviews within each region.
This is one of the first books that treats cancer as a disease with social origins, which must be treated in a political and economic context. This makes it an important resource for understanding the problems of health and disease in capitalist America.
This book examines the politics of cancer, explains how our government is intrinsically tied to cancer research efforts, and documents how major political actors make cancer policy and are influenced in their decision making by political, social, scientific, and economic variables.
The cancer epidemic is a political issue of global proportions. The phenomenal rise during the last decades in cancer statistics marked the beginning of our understanding that cancer is a political problem, as well as medical, social, psychological, and economic.
