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Title

Canada's isotope crisis : what next? / edited by Jatin Nathwani and Donald Wallace.

Publication

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2010.

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Additional Authors

• Nathwani, Jatin S., 1951-
• Wallace, Donald C.
• Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). School of Policy Studies.

Description

165 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"The ongoing medical isotope supply crisis is affecting more than Canadians' health. It not only puts at risk our aspirations to nurture a leading edge innovative industry, it severely limits our options to help reduce the burden on future health care budgets. What got us into this mess is a tale of high minded optimism, missed opportunities and bureaucratic bungling. The more important question, however, is: how can we re-establish Canada's prominence, and secure at reasonable cost the potential benefits that medical isotopes will deliver for our future health? Addressed in this collection are provocative essays from some of the world's top experts in nuclear physics and nuclear medicine." "Among the contributors are Canadian nuclear pioneers Frederick Boyd and Albert Driedger as well as Christopher Whipple, chair of the US National Research Council Committee on Medical Isotope Production without Highly Enriched Uranium."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Queen's policy studies series

Uniform Title

Queen's policy studies

Subject

• Nuclear medicine > Canada
• Radioisotopes > Government policy > Canada
• Radioisotopes in medical diagnosis > Canada
• Nuclear medicine
• Medical policy
• Nuclear Medicine
• Radioisotopes > therapeutic use
• Health Policy
• Medical policy
• Nuclear medicine
• Radioisotopes in medical diagnosis
• Canada

Note

• Copublished by School of Policy Studies, Queen's University.
• "Queen's policy studies series."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Section 1. Context -- Canada's isotope history / Frederick Boyd -- Medical isotope supply issues : the American view / Christopher Whipple -- Medical isotopes supply : a global conversation / Thomas Burnett and Jill Chitra -- Look beyond MAPLE reactors for isotope shortage answet / Jean-Pierre Labrie -- section 2. Medical uses of isotopes -- How to maintain the medical isotope supply chain / Albert Driedger and Jean-Luc Urbain -- Impact of the Chalk River reactor shutdown on patient management and diseases / Jean-Luc Urbain ... [et al.] -- section 3. Options -- Supply and demand : finding a healthy balance / Neil Alexander -- Accelerator alternatives to producing molybdenum-99/technetium-99m / François Bénard, Thomas Ruth and Timothy Meyer -- Medical isotope production and research : how McMaster University can help / Christopher Heysel ... [et al.] -- Beyond isotopes : strengthening Canadian R&D capacity / Richard Florizone, Dean Chapman and Karen Chad -- section 4. Towards a robust national strategy : summary and conclusions / Jatin Nathwani and Donald Wallace.

ISBN

• 9781553392835
• 1553392833
• 9781553392842
• 1553392841

LCCN

2010444198

OCLC

• ocn501136272
• 501136272
• SCSB-9132232

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library