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America's Battle for a Cure: The Culture and Politics of Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
Barron H. Lerner
To understand a disease, you must first understand the culture in which that disease exists. Understanding breast cancer in the United States requires understanding the war metaphor that defines it. In this e-seminar, Barron Lerner, associate professor of medicine and public health at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, reveals how America's fight against breast cancer has shaped our treatment of the disease from the turn of the nineteenth century to today. Enter.

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