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Author Hayter, Charles

Title An element of hope : radium and the response to cancer in Canada, 1900-1940 / Charles Hayter
Published Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 273 pages) : illustrations, portraits
Series McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services studies in the history of medicine, health, and society ; 22
McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services (Hannah Institute) studies in the history of medicine, health, and society ; 22.
Contents Introduction : the cancer crisis today -- 1. "Cures of a very surprising character" : radium and the doctor -- 2. "Adorning our home" : radium and the state -- 3. "To the relief of malignant diseases of the poor" : radium and the hospital -- 4. "The worst scourge of civilized mankind" : cancer becomes a social problem, 1920-30 -- 5. "A proper spirit of cooperation" : cancer progress in the West -- 6. Compromising on cancer : the uneasy birth of Ontario's cancer system -- 7. Seeds of discord : the politics of radon therapy in the 1930s -- 8. Country interlude : the rise and fall of the Huron Springs Sanitorium -- 9. Cancer from sea to sea, 1935-40 : the struggle for a national program -- 10. Conclusion : historical roots of current problems in cancer control
Summary "Tracing the origins, establishment, and early development of cancer programs in Canada, An Element of Hope focuses on the introduction of radium therapy and its effect in raising awareness about the need for public support of cancer treatment." "In this study, Charles Hayter also describes the effect of radium on medical practice, explores the societal response to cancer and the creation of state-supported cancer programs, and discusses the historical roots of some current problems in cancer care."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-260) and index
Notes English
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Subject Radium -- Therapeutic use -- Canada -- History
Cancer -- Radiotherapy -- Canada -- History
Cancer -- Treatment -- Canada -- History
Neoplasms -- history
Neoplasms -- radiotherapy
Cancer Care Facilities -- history
History, 20th Century
Radiotherapy -- history
Radium -- therapeutic use
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Cancer.
MEDICAL -- Oncology.
Cancer -- Radiotherapy
Cancer -- Treatment
Radium -- Therapeutic use
Radium -- Emploi en thérapeutique -- Canada -- 20e siècle.
Cancer -- Radiothérapie -- Canada -- 20e siècle.
Cancer -- Thérapeutique -- Canada -- 20e siècle.
Radiumthérapie -- Canada -- Histoire.
Cancer -- Radiothérapie -- Canada -- Histoire.
SUBJECT Canada https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002170
Subject Canada
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780773572706
0773572708
1282863363
9781282863361
9786612863363
6612863366