{"product_id":"contested-medicine-gerald-kutcher-9780226465319","title":"Contested Medicine: Cancer Research and the Military","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the 1960s University of Cincinnati radiologist Eugene Saenger infamously conducted human experiments on patients with advanced cancer to examine how total body radiation could treat the disease. But, under contract with the Department of Defense, Saenger also used those same patients as proxies for soldiers to answer questions about combat effectiveness on a nuclear battlefield.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing the Saenger case as a means to reconsider cold war medical trials, \u003ci\u003eContested Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e examines the inherent tensions at the heart of clinical studies of the time. Emphasizing the deeply intertwined and mutually supportive relationship between cancer therapy with radiation and military medicine, Gerald Kutcher explores post-World War II cancer trials, the efforts of the government to manage clinical ethics, and the important role of military investigations in the development of an effective treatment for childhood leukemia. Whereas most histories of human experimentation judge research such as Saenger's against idealized practices, \u003ci\u003eContested Medicine \u003c\/i\u003eeschews such an approach and considers why Saenger's peers and later critics had so much difficulty reaching an unambiguous ethical assessment. Kutcher's engaging investigation offers an approach to clinical ethics and research imperatives that lays bare many of the conflicts and tensions of the postwar period.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gerald Kutcher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226465314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226465319\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2009","brand":"Gerald Kutcher","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086412067071,"sku":"9780226465319","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ed3343e2-cc8b-45c4-ac86-4864daa8bb66.jpg?v=1769094522","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/contested-medicine-gerald-kutcher-9780226465319","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}