The Changing Faces of Childhood Cancer: Clinical and Cultural Visions Since 1940

This book traces the development of British answers to the problem of childhood cancer. The establishment of the NHS and better training for paediatricians, meant children were given access to experimental chemotherapy, sending cure rates soaring. Children with cancer were thrust into the spotlight as individuals' stories of hope hit the headlines.

Author: Joanna Baines,Kenneth A. Loparo
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 12/18/2014
Pages: 236
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.63d
ISBN: 9781403988010

About the Author

Emm Barnes Johnstone is a Teaching and Research Fellow at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. She has researched nineteenth century folk psychology, twentieth century developments in care for the chronically ill and for children, and the history of rare cancers since the 1930s. She has worked extensively with museums to establish programmes of events and exhibitions that engage diverse audiences with material history.

Joanna Baines completed her doctorate on the individualisation of cancer at the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of Manchester, UK. She has devised and produced historical public engagement materials and events, and provides editing services for academics.