Making the Pap Smear into the 'Right Tool' for the Job: Cervical Cancer Screening in the USA, circa 1940-95

Despite being a rather recalcitrant tool, the 'Pap smear' is today the major cancer screening technology in the world. This paper examines how and why heterogeneous actors chose to advocate the Pap smear as a screen for cervical cancer in the late 1940s, and to tinker both in and far beyon...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Social studies of science 1998-04, Vol.28 (2), p.255-290
Hauptverfasser:	Casper, Monica J., Clarke, Adele E.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	20th century Biology Biomedical technology Cancer Cancer screening Cervical cancer Cytology History of medicine History of science and technology Life sciences Medical technology Medicine Medicine surgery pharmacy Pathology Public health Science Scientific research Social theory Sociology of science Technology U.S.A Vaginal smears Womens health
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