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1 online resource |
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Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; About the Book; About the Series; Contents; About the Editors and Authors; Acknowledgments; 1 The Laetrile Phenomenon: An Overview; Actors in the Controversy; Issues in the Controversy; Current State of the Controversy; References and Notes; 2 Laetrile in Historical Perspective; The Creation by the Krebs; The McNaughton Ascendancy; The Appeal to Freedom; The Pattern of Cancer Unorthodoxies; Exploitation of Fear; Promise of Painless Treatment and Good Results; Claims of a Miraculous Scientific Breakthrough; One Cause/One Therapeutic System; The Galileo Ploy |
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The Conspiracy TheoryShifts to Adjust to Circumstances; Reliance on Testimonials; Distortion of the Idea of ""Freedom; Large Sums of Money Are Involved; Laetrile Within the Perspective of the Past; References and Notes; 3 Laetrile at Sloan-Kettering: A Case Study; 4 The Political Implications of Laetrile: Who Gets What, When and How; Model of Analysis; Political Background/History; Competing Sets of Problem Definitions; Definition I. Laetrile as a Scientific Controversy; Action Implications; Definition II. Laetrile as a Quack Cure; Action Implications; Definition III. Freedom of Choice |
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Action ImplicationsDefinition IV. Big Government Interference; Action Implications; The Debate Over Laetrile; The State Level; The Legislation; The Role of the FDA; Other Testimony; The Role of Government; Legalizing the Sale of Laetrile -- The Implementation Phase; State I; State II; State III; The Legislative Response; The Federal Level; The Current Legal Status of Laetrile; Legal Issues; Political Issues; Discussion/Conclusions; What Was at Stake?; Which Problem Definition Prevailed?; Accountability and Responsibility; Passing the Buck; References and Notes |
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5 The Laetrile Phenomenon: Legal PerspectiveFederal Drug Regulation; The Regulatory Plan; Laetrile and Federal Enforcement Actions; Interplay of Federal and State Statutes; The Informed Consent and Physician Liability Issues; The Right of Privacy; Physicians' Rights: The Privitera Case; Legal Implication for Cancer Patients; References and Notes; 6 When Liberty Meets Authority: Ethical Aspects of the Laetrile Controversy; Should the Ethical Issues in the Laetrile Dispute Be Taken Seriously?; Who Needs Government Regulations?; Harm, Paternalism, and Protectionism; Freedom and Paternalism |
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Filling in the Gaps in the Laetrile DebateNotes; 7 Social Context of the Laetrile Phenomenon; Scientific Factors; Contextual Factors; Situational Factors; Conclusion; References and Notes; 8 Discussion: Bias in Analysis of the Laetrile Controversy; 9 Discussion: Science and Technology in the Pits; Index |
| Summary |
At no time in U.S. history has there been a more effective challenge to medical expertise and authority than that mounted by the contemporary Laetrile movement. The efficacy of Laetrile has been debated for over twenty-five years, but despite vigorous opposition from the medical community, support for the purported cancer treatment continues to gro |
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Gerald E. Markle also authorof What if Medicine Disappeared? |
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Cancer -- Chemotherapy -- Social aspects -- Congresses
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Laetrile -- Congresses
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Medical policy -- United States -- Congresses
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Cancer -- Law and legislation -- United States -- Congresses
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Cancer -- Chemotherapy -- Social aspects
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Cancer -- Law and legislation
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Laetrile
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Medical policy
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United States
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Markle, Gerald E., 1942-
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Petersen, James C., 1944-
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| ISBN |
9781000235692 |
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1000235696 |
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9780429302510 |
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0429302517 |
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9781000271638 |
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1000271633 |
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9781000307573 |
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1000307573 |
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9781000235708 |
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100023570X |
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