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Edited by Ellen L. Bassuk, with the assistance of Rebecca W. Carman. 254 pp. New York, Plenum, 1996. $27.95. ISBN 0-306-45267-7.

There is a long and venerable history of physicians serving as political activists. Rudolf Virchow pioneered the "irritation" theory of cancer and the principles of cellular pathology in the middle of the past century, but he was also the leader of a campaign for compulsory meat inspection in Berlin and the architect of the city's sewage system. Activist medicine continues today in more organized forms, in groups like Physicians for Social Responsibility, Physicians for Human Rights, and International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War.

This collection brings together 10 brief autobiographies of American doctors fighting for social change. The . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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