Category Archives: Week 13 (12/3)

Public Health and the Public Psyche: Taking Stigma of Disease into Account

In the 1950’s the cause of cancer was not yet well understood, and while statisticians had correlated cancer of the lung with smoking, a direct causative effect was not yet established. This week’s readings discuss the controversy surrounding smoking and … Continue reading

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