Cancer Patients, Cancer Pathways: Historical and Sociological Perspectives

Eleven essays by historians and sociologists examine cancer research and treatment as everyday practice in post-war Europe and North America. These are not stories of inevitable medical progress and obstacles overcome, but of historical contingencies, cultural differences, hope, and often disappointed expectations.

JOANNA BAINES completed her doctorate on the individualisation of cancer at the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of Manchester, UK ROLAND BAL Professor in and Chair of the Department of Healthcare Governance of the institute of Health Policy and Management in Rotterdam, the Netherlands MARC BERG Partner at the healthcare consultancy agency Plexus Medical Group and affiliated with the Institute of Health Policy and Management, Erasmus University Medical Center, the Netherlands ALBERTO CAMBROSIO Professor in the Department of Social Studies of Medicine at McGill University, Canada EMM BARNES JOHNSTONE writer on the history of childhood cancer and patient support services, including 'Cancer Coverage: The Public Face of Childhood Leukaemia in 1960s Britain', Royal Holloway, University of London, UK PETER KEATING Professor of History at the Université du Québec à Montréal where he is a member of the Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur la science et la technologie, Canada GERALD KUTCHER Professor in the Department of History at Binghamton University in New York and an Affiliated Research Scholar in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge, UK ILANA LÖWY Historian of Medicine and a Senior Researcher at INSERM (Institut national de la santé et de la récherche médicale), France JOHN V. PICKSTONE Emeritus Professor of the History of Knowledges at the University of Manchester,UK HELEN VALIER Instructional Assistant Professor and Coordinator of the Medicine and Society Program at the Honors College, University of Houston, USA TEUN ZUIDERENT-JERAK Associate Professor of Science and Technology Studies at the Department of Healthcare Governance of the institute of Health Policy and Management at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands