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The big squeeze : a social and political history of the controversial mammogram /

Reynolds, Handel, 1963-

The big squeeze : a social and political history of the controversial mammogram / Handel Reynolds. - 121 pages ; 23 cm. - The culture and politics of health care work . - Culture and politics of health care work. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : the mammography story -- Timing is everything -- First exposure -- The aftermath -- A tale of two epidemics -- Age is nothing but a number -- Pulling the plug on granny -- The house that mammography built -- Overdiagnosis : mammography's burden.

9780801450938 (cloth : alk. paper)

2012013738


Breast--Radiography--History.--United States
Breast--Cancer--Diagnosis--History.--United States
Erogenous body parts.
Secondary sex characteristics.

RG493.5.R33 / R49 2012

618.1/90754

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