AIDS in the UK: the making of policy, 1981–1994

reason, one of the main objectives of the cancer campaign, the medicalization of the population, was not achieved and it was the underprivileged who were the hardest hit. Radiotherapy and radiodiagnosis started to create their own related areas of research and teaching based, above all, on the cure for cancer which they promised. They also created professional associations, although these, as such, did not participate in the anti-cancer fight, because their corporative interests were far removed from social concerns. In-depth study of what was happening in Madrid, Barcelona and Granada reveals similar aspirations developing into different organizational structures. One especially relevant conclusion is the absence of concern among Spanish radiotherapists for protection against the use of techniques which could clearly be harmful. The work would have benefited from an introduction which prepared the reader better for what follows. The proliferation of references to the key figures who established radiography in Spain is handled well with a very useful appendix. Somewhat harder to understand for the reader unfamiliar with radiography are certain very detailed passages on techniques and equipment.