A New Deal for Cancer : Lessons from a 50 Year War
A New Deal for Cancer : Lessons from a 50 Year War Leading experts in the cancer field, from doctors to policymakers to academics and more--reflect on the 50 years since Nixon declared the War on…
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A New Deal for Cancer : Lessons from a 50 Year War
Leading experts in the cancer field, from doctors to policymakers to academics and more--reflect on the 50 years since Nixon declared the War on Cancer. This legislation was an amendment to the Public Health Service Act of 1944 and represented the U.S. In 1971, Richard Nixon signed into law a revelatory new program dedicated to cancer research and prevention.
Fifty years later, the leading experts have come together to reflect on how far this legislation has gone, its successes, failures and the road still ahead. commitment to what President Nixon described as the "war on cancer," which had become the nation's second leading cause of death by 1970. Edited by Abbe Gluck, Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy, and Dr.
Charles Fuchs, Director of Yale Cancer Center, these essays span the various implications of cancer on American