Politics, Science and Cancer:: The Laetrile Phenomenon

by American Association for the Advancement and American Association for the Advancement of Science

Book Overview

At no time in U.S. history has there been a more effective challenge to medical expertise and authority than that mounted by the contemporary Laetrile movement. The efficacy of Laetrile has been debated for over twenty-five years, but despite vigorous opposition from the medical community, support for the purported cancer treatment continues to grow and the controversy has in recent years intensified and become highly politicized. How does one account...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0865310467
• ISBN13: 9780865310469
• Release Date: August 1980
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 190 Pages