The Story of Taxol: Nature and Politics in the Pursuit of an Anti-Cancer Drug

Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Part I. Agents: 1. Cancer chemotherapy: plant knowledge and practice Part II. Practices: 2. Act I: 1962-75 3. Act II: 1976-83 4. Act III: 1984-9 Part III. Controversies: 5. The politics of exclusivity and the business of taxol 6. The political life (and death) of Taxus Brevifolia References and bibliography Index.