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Book SynopsisPresents the history of public health surveillance in the United States to span more than a century of conflict and controversy. This work situates the tension inherent in public health surveillance in a broad social and political context.
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Foreword by Daniel M. Fox and Samuel L. Milbank Acknowledgments Preface: The Politics of Privacy, the Politics of Surveillance 1. Introduction: Surveillance and the Landscape of Privacy in Twentieth-Century America PART I. THE RISE OF SURVEILLANCE AND THE POLITICS OF RESISTANCE 2. Opening Battles: Tuberculosis and the Foundations of Surveillance 3. Raising the Veil: Syphilis and Secrecy PART II. EXTENDING SURVEILLANCE: THE POLITICS OF RECOGNITION 4. The Right to Know: Detection, Reporting, and Prevention of Occupational Disease 5. The Right to Be Counted: Confronting the "Menace of Cancer" 6. Who Shall Count the Little Children? From "Crippled Kiddies" to Birth Defects PART III. SURVEILLANCE AT CENTURY'S END: THE POLITICS OF DEMOCRATIC PRIVACY 7. AIDS, Activism, and the Vicissitudes of Democratic Privacy 8. Counting All Kids: Immunization Registries and the Privacy of Parents and Children 9. Panoptic Visions and Stubborn Realities in a New Era of Privacy Conclusion: An Enduring Tension Notes Index
