ガンと戦った昭和史: 塚本憲甫と医師たち (文春文庫 つ 9-1)
A nonfiction account centered on Norio Tsukamoto, the fourth president of the National Cancer Center, tracing how cancer medicine in Japan developed during the Showa era. It follows doctors, patients, research, and clinical practice as part of a broader social history of illness.
cancer medicineShowa historydoctors and patientsmedical nonfiction
Work Information
The book brings the medical history of Showa-era Japan into view through the lives of doctors who confronted cancer.
This expansive work of medical nonfiction uses the life of a physician as an entry point into the history of the National Cancer Center, changing cancer treatments, and the relationship between doctors and patients. It is more than a biography, showing how Japanese society came to face cancer.
Book Information
- Publisher
- 文藝春秋
- Published
- 1995-06-01
- Pages
- 632 pages
- Language
- 日本語
- ISBN-13
- 9784167574017
- ISBN-10
- 4167574012
- Price
- 148 JPY
- Category
- 本/ノンフィクション/歴史・地理・旅行記/歴史/日本史/近代
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