A conversation for journalists, health care providers, and everyone else, featuring Amy Dockser Marcus, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of We the Scientists: How a Daring Team of Parents and Doctors Forged a New Path for Medicine, and Elaine Schattner, author of From Whispers to Shouts: The Ways We Talk About Cancer.
In May 1991, I sat in a law firm conference room in Washington, DC, listening to a pitch from a small group of women who…
From Whispers to Shouts charts public perceptions and the social history of cancer, and the slow but steady advances in cancer care.
From Whispers to Shouts: The Ways We Talk About Cancer
Schattner would prefer less use of the more militaristic language around “fighting” cancer, the “war” against cancer.
Schattner would prefer less use of the more militaristic language around “fighting” cancer, the “war” against cancer.
From Whispers to Shouts charts public perceptions and the social history of cancer, and the slow but steady advances in cancer care.
00:52:17 – The “war on cancer” was launched during the Nixon Administration in 1971, but the term was part of the national dialog on cancer…
He hasn’t made X a “digital town square.” He’s made it his personal playpen.
Listen to this episode from Off the Page: A Columbia University Press Podcast on Spotify. The “war on cancer” was launched during the Nixon Administration…
