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'This is an impressive book, tackling a grave and sensitive episode in the history of medicine, women and feminism. . . . Bryder reveals much about the public understanding (and misunderstanding) of science, the role of the media, and democratic practice in a world increasingly understood, managed and explained by cultures of expertise.'- Janet McCalman, Centre for Health& Society, University of Melbourne
'Professor Bryder has addressed a question that has remained inadequately investigated for over a quarter of a century. What was the 'generally accepted', 'conventional' treatment for abnormal cervical cytology which women in Auckland were allegedly denied in the late 1960s and 1970s? Her thorough review of international practice at that time makes clear that there was no generally accepted treatment, a fact that reflected the haphazard way in which screening for cancer of the cervix had been introduced and evaluated.'- Iain Chalmers, James Lind Library, Oxford
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Book Title: Women's Bodies and Medical Science
Book Subtitle: An Inquiry into Cervical Cancer
Authors: Linda Bryder
Series Title: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-230-25110-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-23603-5Published: 13 May 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-58915-9Published: 21 February 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-25110-6Published: 20 October 2017
Series ISSN: 2946-9643
Series E-ISSN: 2946-9651
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 250
Topics: Gender Studies, Australasian History, History of Science, History of Medicine, Clinical Psychology, Modern History