{"product_id":"hope-and-suffering-gretchen-krueger-9780801888311","title":"Hope and Suffering: Children, Cancer, and the Paradox of Experimental Medicine","description":"\u003cp\u003eGretchen Krueger's poignant narrative explores how doctors, families, and the public interpreted the experience of childhood cancer from the 1930s through the 1970s. Pairing the transformation of childhood cancer from killer to curable disease with the personal experiences of young patients and their families, Krueger illuminates the twin realities of hope and suffering. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this social history, each decade follows a family whose experience touches on key themes: possible causes, means and timing of detection, the search for curative treatment, the merit of alternative treatments, the decisions to pursue or halt therapy, the side effects of treatment, death and dying--and cure.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eRecounting the complex and sometimes contentious interactions among the families of children with cancer, medical researchers, physicians, advocacy organizations, the media, and policy makers, Krueger reveals that personal odyssey and clinical challenge are the simultaneous realities of childhood cancer. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis engaging study will be of interest to historians, medical practitioners and researchers, and people whose lives have been altered by cancer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gretchen Krueger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 080188831X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801888311\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/05\/2008 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScitech Book News\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2009 pg. 95","brand":"Gretchen Krueger","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48448954106111,"sku":"9780801888311","price":40.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_528622a2-618e-44cc-b4ff-740fe9cbcb62.jpg?v=1777261328","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hope-and-suffering-gretchen-krueger-9780801888311","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}