| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
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Acknowledgments -- Introduction : a personal life, a national agency, and a global tragedy -- Balgonie to Balgonie -- University in Canada -- Doctoral studies at the University of Chicago -- Whales, cod, armadillos, and glass ceilings : the postdoctoral years -- Wartime in Chicago -- Marriage, motherhood, and medical school -- Adventures in South Dakota -- The early Washington years -- The thalidomide file -- The battle of the lady and the dragon -- Thalidomide babies -- The good mother of science : letters to Frances Kelsey -- The Canadian connection -- The living myth, 1963-1966 -- Negotiating Washington, 1966-1982 -- Peaches, oyster breath, and diet cola : public demands for product approvals -- The ticking time bomb : diethylstilbestrol -- Policing informed consent, 1960s-1990s -- Babies and orphans : drug testing in utero and in children -- Lasting memorials, everyday happenings -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Select bibliography -- Name index -- Subject index |
| Summary |
In the early 1960s, Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration became one of the most celebrated women in America when she prevented the deadly sedative thalidomide from entering the U.S. market. Her lifesaving work there became the basis for the FDA's current drug approval protocols. This biography brings to light the efforts and legacy of a pioneering woman in science whose contributions are still influential today |
| Analysis |
Frances Oldham Kelsey, thalidomide, women, science, pharmacology, birth defects, FDA, endocrinology, medicine, biography |
| Notes |
Also issued in print: 2024 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on February 15, 2024) |
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Kelsey, Frances Oldham, 1914-2015.
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Kelsey, Frances Oldham, 1914-2015 |
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United States. Food and Drug Administration -- Officials and employees -- Biography
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United States. Food and Drug Administration |
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Pharmacologists -- Canada -- Biography
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Thalidomide -- United States -- History
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Women.
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United States Food and Drug Administration -- history.
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Thalidomide -- history
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Pharmacology -- history
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Legislation, Drug -- history
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Women
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women (female humans)
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MEDICAL / History.
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Employees
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Pharmacologists
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Thalidomide
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Biography & non-fiction prose.
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Biography.
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United States |
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Canada
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United States
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780197632574 |
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0197632572 |
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9780197632550 |
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0197632556 |
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9780197632567 |
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0197632564 |
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