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Direct linkPetersen, Jennifer – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 2004
The era of technical and scientific progress ushered in with the twentieth century brought new medical knowledge such as the Halstead 'radical' mastectomy, which promised a cure for breast cancer. These advances in medical knowledge were premised on an epidemiological model of disease, which shaped the treatment and public understanding of breast…
Descriptors: Females, Public Health, Preventive Medicine, Cancer
Download full textWallace, Lorraine Silver – American Journal of Health Education, 2003
This review evaluates the accuracy of diabetes mellitus coverage in selected mass-circulating women's magazines from 1995 through 2001. The ProQuest database was searched to obtain all citations from five women's magazines ("Better Homes and Gardens," "Good Housekeeping," "Ladies' Home Journal," "Family Circle," and "Woman's Day") and three…
Descriptors: Females, Incidence, Diabetes, Public Health
