The Resource Cancer in the community : class and medical authority, Martha Balshem
Cancer in the community : class and medical authority, Martha Balshem
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- Summary
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- "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. Her study is based on her experience as a health educator and anthropologist at the Fox Chase Cancer Center, working with a team of behavioral scientists to educate the public about cancer risk factors. Incorporating emotional, vivid interviews and rich personal narratives, Cancer in the Community addresses such issues as the ethics of professional authority, class antagonisms, and the politicization of cancer." "Identified in an epidemiological report as a "cancer hot spot," Tannerstown was targeted by Fox Chase's Project CAN-DO as a community in need of professional guidance. Health educators advised residents to stop smoking, improve their diets, and schedule regular cancer screening tests. This advice, supposedly regarded by the American public as sound and "true," nevertheless was rejected by most Tannerstowners, who believed industrial pollution from nearby chemical plants and air pollution from traffic were the major causes of cancer in their community." "Probing the chronic frustration and distrust that persisted between the two groups, Balshem found that medical professionals tended to view working-class patients as problems in need of correction, while Tannerstowners saw doctors as arrogant and controlling. The medical professionals believed that cancer risk was largely attributable to lifestyle factors, but community residents refused to accept "blame" for their disease. While still part of the Fox Chase team, Balshem began to question the right of medical authorities to dictate changes in lifestyle while discounting the residents' self-diagnosis of environmental risk factors."
- "Cancer in the Community includes a case history of one Tannerstown resident who died of cancer. Extensive - and wrenching - interviews with the patient's wife and his physician illuminate the underlying struggles concerning social class, power inequalities, and the control of knowledge. In a passionate critique of health education and the constraints of medical professionalism, Balshem traces the sources of conflict about the causes of and treatment for cancer to deeper oppositions concerning truth, justice, and meaning."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xviii, 174 pages
- Isbn
- 9781560982500
- Label
- Cancer in the community : class and medical authority
- Title
- Cancer in the community
- Title remainder
- class and medical authority
- Statement of responsibility
- Martha Balshem
- Subject
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- Arzt
- Cancer -- Pennsylvania | Philadelphia
- Cancer -- Pennsylvanie | Philadelphie
- Cancer -- Prevention | Social aspects
- Cancer -- Prévention | Aspect social
- Fallstudiensammlung
- Gesundheitserziehung
- Health Education
- Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
- Health education -- Pennsylvania | Philadelphia
- Health education -- Political aspects
- Health education -- Social aspects
- Krebs (Medizin)
- Médecine sociale
- Neoplasms -- psychology
- Patient
- Philadelphia (Pa.)
- Social Perception
- Social medicine
- Éducation sanitaire -- Aspect politique
- Éducation sanitaire -- Aspect social
- Éducation sanitaire -- Pennsylvanie | Philadelphie
- Arbeiter
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- "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. Her study is based on her experience as a health educator and anthropologist at the Fox Chase Cancer Center, working with a team of behavioral scientists to educate the public about cancer risk factors. Incorporating emotional, vivid interviews and rich personal narratives, Cancer in the Community addresses such issues as the ethics of professional authority, class antagonisms, and the politicization of cancer." "Identified in an epidemiological report as a "cancer hot spot," Tannerstown was targeted by Fox Chase's Project CAN-DO as a community in need of professional guidance. Health educators advised residents to stop smoking, improve their diets, and schedule regular cancer screening tests. This advice, supposedly regarded by the American public as sound and "true," nevertheless was rejected by most Tannerstowners, who believed industrial pollution from nearby chemical plants and air pollution from traffic were the major causes of cancer in their community." "Probing the chronic frustration and distrust that persisted between the two groups, Balshem found that medical professionals tended to view working-class patients as problems in need of correction, while Tannerstowners saw doctors as arrogant and controlling. The medical professionals believed that cancer risk was largely attributable to lifestyle factors, but community residents refused to accept "blame" for their disease. While still part of the Fox Chase team, Balshem began to question the right of medical authorities to dictate changes in lifestyle while discounting the residents' self-diagnosis of environmental risk factors."
- "Cancer in the Community includes a case history of one Tannerstown resident who died of cancer. Extensive - and wrenching - interviews with the patient's wife and his physician illuminate the underlying struggles concerning social class, power inequalities, and the control of knowledge. In a passionate critique of health education and the constraints of medical professionalism, Balshem traces the sources of conflict about the causes of and treatment for cancer to deeper oppositions concerning truth, justice, and meaning."--Jacket
- Cataloging source
- DNLM/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Balshem, Martha Levittan
- Dewey number
- 306.4/61/08623
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- RA645.C3
- LC item number
- B35 1993
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- NLM call number
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- 1993 A-228
- QZ 200
- NLM item number
- B196c 1993
- Series statement
- Smithsonian series in ethnographic inquiry
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Cancer
- Health education
- Health education
- Health education
- Social medicine
- Cancer
- Health Education
- Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
- Neoplasms
- Social Perception
- Cancer
- Éducation sanitaire
- Éducation sanitaire
- Éducation sanitaire
- Médecine sociale
- Cancer
- Arbeiter
- Krebs (Medizin)
- Gesundheitserziehung
- Fallstudiensammlung
- Arzt
- Patient
- Philadelphia (Pa.)
- Label
- Cancer in the community : class and medical authority, Martha Balshem
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [157]-169) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 26935120
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xviii, 174 pages
- Isbn
- 9781560982500
- Isbn Type
- (cloth : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 92048963
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (WaOLN)1545042
- Label
- Cancer in the community : class and medical authority, Martha Balshem
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [157]-169) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 26935120
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xviii, 174 pages
- Isbn
- 9781560982500
- Isbn Type
- (cloth : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 92048963
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (WaOLN)1545042
Subject
- Arzt
- Cancer -- Pennsylvania | Philadelphia
- Cancer -- Pennsylvanie | Philadelphie
- Cancer -- Prevention | Social aspects
- Cancer -- Prévention | Aspect social
- Fallstudiensammlung
- Gesundheitserziehung
- Health Education
- Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
- Health education -- Pennsylvania | Philadelphia
- Health education -- Political aspects
- Health education -- Social aspects
- Krebs (Medizin)
- Médecine sociale
- Neoplasms -- psychology
- Patient
- Philadelphia (Pa.)
- Social Perception
- Social medicine
- Éducation sanitaire -- Aspect politique
- Éducation sanitaire -- Aspect social
- Éducation sanitaire -- Pennsylvanie | Philadelphie
- Arbeiter
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