Screen LibrarySearching eyes：privacy, the state, and disease surveillance in America
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Univ. of California Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Berkeley |
| Publication Dates: | c2007 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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California-Milbank books on health and the public ; 18 |
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| Carrier Form: | xxiv, 342 S.: Ill. ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780520252028 0520252020 9780520253254 0520253256 |
| Index Number: | R199 |
| CLC: | R199.712 |
| Call Number: | R199.712/F165 |
| Contents: |
Preface: the politics of privacy, the politics of surveillance -- Introduction: surveillance and the landscape of privacy in twentieth-century America -- Opening battles: tuberculosis and the foundations of surveillance -- Raising the veil: syphilis and secrecy -- The right to know: detection, reporting, and prevention of occupational disease -- The right to be counted: confronting the "menace of cancer" -- Who shall count the little children? from "crippled kiddies" to birth defects -- AIDS, activism, and the vicissitudes of democratic privacy -- Counting all kids: immunization registries and the privacy of parents and children -- Panoptic visions and stubborn realities in a new era of privacy -- Conclusion: an enduring tension Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-327) and index |