The big squeeze
Subtitle: a social and political history of the controversial mammogram
By: Handel Reynolds
Series: The culture and politics of health care work; Culture and politics of health care work
Publisher: ILR Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780801450938
Subjects: History; Radiography; Breast; Diagnosis; Cancer
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the mammography story; title: Timing is everything; title: First exposure; title: The aftermath; title: A tale of two epidemics; title: Age is nothing but a number; title: Pulling the plug on granny; title: The house that mammography built; title: Overdiagnosis : mammography's burden.