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Heightened expectations : the rise of the human growth hormone industry in America / Aimee Medeiros.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Tuscaloosa, Alabama : The University of Alabama Press, (c)2016.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780817389628
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • QP572 .H454 2016
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Contents:
The era of early growth hormone therapy in the United States -- Short stature as a psychosocial risk factor in need of an effective cure -- Living the promise human growth hormone therapy.
Subject: Explores the complex relationship between the history of the social stigmatization of short stature in boys and the rise of the multibillion-dollar human growth hormone industry.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Making short stature a medical matter -- The era of early growth hormone therapy in the United States -- Short stature as a psychosocial risk factor in need of an effective cure -- Living the promise human growth hormone therapy.

Explores the complex relationship between the history of the social stigmatization of short stature in boys and the rise of the multibillion-dollar human growth hormone industry.

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