| Cancer in the Community: Class and Medical Authority Contributor(s): Balshem, Martha (Author) |
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ISBN: 1560982519 ISBN-13: 9781560982517 Publisher: Smithsonian Books OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1993 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Family & Relationships - Health & Fitness | Diseases - Cancer - Social Science | Disease & Health Issues |
| Dewey: 306.461 |
| LCCN: 92048963 |
| Series: Smithsonian Series in Ethnographic Inquiry (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 6.04" W x 9.01" (0.69 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Focusing on deep conflicts between the medical establishment and the working class, Martha Balshem chronicles a health education project in "Tannerstown," a pseudonym for a blue-collar neighborhood in northeast Philadelphia. |