Author: Wilmington Monthly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1945)Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 21
Book Description
Memorial of Jonathan E. Rhoads
Author: Wilmington Monthly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1945)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 21
Book Description
Jonathan E. Rhoads
Author: Clyde F. BarkerPublisher:
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Category : Surgery
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
The Friend
Author: Biographical Material on Jonathan E. Rhoads
Author: Haverford CollegeCenters of the Cancer Universe
Author: Donald L. TrumpPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538144905
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
A 2022 Choice Reviews Outstanding Academic Title An important history of the development of cancer centers of excellence and the revolution in cancer treatment. In the 1960s a coalition of concerned citizens, scientists and politicians joined forces to convince the federal government to focus its efforts on conquering cancer. The National Cancer Act of 1971 resulted and was signed into law on December 23, 1971 by President Nixon. The national “War on Cancer,” was declared with some leaders naively arguing that the disease would be conquered by the nation’s bicentennial—a mere five years in the future. Over the next five decades scientific discoveries demonstrated the great complexity of what had formerly been thought of as a single disease – with the advent of the genetic characterization of cancers, it is now recognized that there are almost an infinite number of cancers as defined by their many genetic mutations. The National Cancer Act established the infrastructure for the designation of centers by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and these centers have evolved into models of multidisciplinary, collaborative cancer research, treatment and prevention contributing to a reduction in cancer mortality and increase in quality of life and survival that has translated into more than 17 million cancer survivors in the United States in 2021. Centers of the Cancer Universe: A Half-Century of Progress Against Cancer tells the story of how cancer research was not front and center at most universities and research institutions before the National Cancer Act of 1971, and why many physicians were reluctant even to treat patients with cancer in the early 20th century. It follows the behind-the-scenes lobbying, resistance and negotiating that preceded signing the Act into law, and how the cancer centers of today came to fruition, and shaped how cancer research, clinical trials and treatment would be conducted.
Guide to U.S. Foundations, Their Trustees, Officers, and Donors
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations
Languages : en
Pages : 1134
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Year Book - The American Philosophical Society
Author: American Philosophical SocietyPublisher:
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Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 364
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List of members and obituary notices in volume for 1937- .
Cumulative List of Organizations Described in Section 170 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954
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Category : Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations
Languages : en
Pages : 1076
Book Description
Hearings, Reports and Prints of the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign CommercePublisher:
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Category : Interstate commerce
Languages : en
Pages : 1738
Book Description
Government and Public Health in America
Author: Ronald HamowyPublisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 1847204252
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 539
Book Description
How involved should the government be in American healthcare? Ronald Hamowy argues that to answer this pressing question, we must understand the genesis of the five main federal agencies charged with responsibility for our health: the Public Health Service, the Food and Drug Administration, the Veterans Administration, the National Institutes of Health, and Medicare. In examining these, he traces the growth of federal influence from its tentative beginnings in 1798 through the ambitious infrastructures of today and offers startling insights on the current debate. The author contends that until the twentieth century, governmental involvement in health care policy was nominal. With the sweeping food and drug reforms of 1906 and the Medicare amendments to Social Security in 1965, a whole new system of health care was brought to the American public. A careful analysis of the various programs generated by this legislation, however, shows a different picture of pet projects, budgetary lobbying, competitive bureaucracy and discord between the agencies and their opposition. Government and Public Health in America provides an illuminating look at the complicated forces that created these institutions and provokes discussion about their usefulness in the future. Hamowy s thoroughly researched analysis fills a substantial gap in the history of health policy. Economists, political scientists, historians, sociologists and health professionals concerned with the interface between government and health care will find much to recommend in this highly readable account of a fascinating topic.