Medicating Race Heart Disease and Durable Preoccupations with Difference |
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| Author:
| Pollock, Anne |
| Series title: | Experimental Futures Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8223-5344-7 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2012 |
| Publisher: | Duke University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $27.95 |
Book Description:
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In Medicating Race, Anne Pollock traces the intersecting discourses of race, pharmaceuticals, and heart disease in the United States over the past century, from the founding of cardiology through the FDA's approval of BiDil, the first drug sanctioned for use in a specific race.
In Medicating Race, Anne Pollock traces the intersecting discourses of race, pharmaceuticals, and heart disease in the United States over the past century, from the founding of cardiology through the FDA's approval of BiDil, the first drug sanctioned for use in a specific race.