Politics, Science, and Dread Disease

A Short History of United States Medical Research Policy

• Author(s): Stephen Parks Strickland,
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Pages: 329
• ISBN_10: 0674689550
  ISBN_13: 9780674689558
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Medical / General , Medical / Research , Political Science / General ,

Description:... In this first historical analysis of national policy in biomedical research, Mr. Strickland examines the rise of the National Institutes of Health; tells of the recurrent struggle between elected public officials and science administrators over the pace and direction of cancer and heart disease research; analyzes the roles that key members of Congress have played in the development of medical research; and discusses the medical research lobby and its founder, Mrs. Albert D. Lasker--Book jacket.