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How stigma shaped modern medicine
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:06:29
Publish Date: 2022-01-22 09:00:00
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In the 1940s, cancer was a condition shrouded in fear and denial, rarely discussed in public. Now there's a healthy public discourse and billions of dollars in research funding dedicated to it. In this talk, writer and microbiologist Dr. Nathalia Holt describes how a landmark 1940s PR campaign helped prompt that paradigm shift.
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