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Politics Of Breast Cancer
Maureen Hogan Casamayou
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Description for Politics Of Breast Cancer
Paperback. Exploring the creation and development of the National Breast Cancer Coalition (NBCC), this title shows how many of its key leaders were mobilized by their own traumatic experiences with the disease and its treatments. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JPWD; MBP; MJCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 355.
Between 1990 and 1993, breast cancer activism became a significant political movement. The issue began to receive extensive media attention, and federal funding for breast cancer research jumped dramatically. Describing the origins of this surge in interest, Maureen Hogan Casamayou attributes it to the emergence of politically potent activism among breast cancer survivors and their supporters. Exploring the creation and development of the National Breast Cancer Coalition (NBCC), she shows how many of its key leaders were mobilized by their own traumatic experiences with the disease and its treatments. Casamayou details the NBCC's meteoric rise and impressive lobbying efforts, explaining ... Read more
Between 1990 and 1993, breast cancer activism became a significant political movement. The issue began to receive extensive media attention, and federal funding for breast cancer research jumped dramatically. Describing the origins of this surge in interest, Maureen Hogan Casamayou attributes it to the emergence of politically potent activism among breast cancer survivors and their supporters. Exploring the creation and development of the National Breast Cancer Coalition (NBCC), she shows how many of its key leaders were mobilized by their own traumatic experiences with the disease and its treatments. Casamayou details the NBCC's meteoric rise and impressive lobbying efforts, explaining ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Washington, DC, United States
ISBN
9780878408511
SKU
V9780878408511
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About Maureen Hogan Casamayou
Maureen Hogan Casamayou is author of Bureaucracy in Crisis: Three Mile Island, the Shuttle Challenger, and Risk Assessment.
Reviews for Politics Of Breast Cancer
Provides an engaging and informative description of the history of funding for cancer research, the political activities surrounding that history, and the role of women legislators in bringing the issue of research parity to the policy agenda... The book provides a very useful telling of a very interesting story of grassroots and congressional advocacy. American Politics