The Practice of Biomedicine and the Discourse on Hope

Datos Bibliográficos

ID24159449
AutoresMary‐jo Delvecchio Good (autor de correspondencia), Mary-Jo Delvecchio Good
Año1991
Páginas121-135
Fecha de publicación1991-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoCHAPTER
RevistaAnthropologies of Medicine (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialVieweg+Teubner Verlag (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/978-3-322-87859-5_10
OpenAlexW123560142
ISBN9783322878595
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas11

Since 1971 and the passage of the National Cancer Act, we have witnessed in the United States an extraordinary burgeoning of specialization in medical, surgical and radiation oncology and of the complementary fields of research oncology, including clinical trials and clinical epidemiology. The creation of these new specialties, the concomitant commitment of government funds to the National Cancer Institute for biomedical research in oncology, the expansion of clinical trials to international cancer ‘centers’ and collaboration on research protocols, and the newly developing fee-for-service cancer research and treatment programs raise numerous questions for anthropological exploration[2]. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

Alternative medicine · Bioinformatics · Biomedicine · Business · Cancer · Clinical Oncology · Clinical trial · Family medicine · Government (linguistics) · Medical education · Medical research · Pathology · Political science · Public relations · Radiation oncology · Radiation therapy · Service (business) · Health and Conflict Studies · Healthcare cost, quality, practices · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Oncology · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being