Technological medicine : the changing world of doctors and patients / Stanley Joel Reiser.
| Author/creator | Reiser, Stanley Joel |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009. |
| Description | xv, 229 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Revealing the body's whispers : how the stethoscope transformed medicine -- Enigmatic pictures : how patients and doctors encountered the X-ray -- Lifesaving but unaffordable : the improbable journey of the artificial kidney -- Promising rescue, preventing release : the double edge of the artificial respirator -- The quest to unify health care through the patient record -- Putting technologies on trial : from bloodletting to antibiotics to the Oregon initiative -- Amid the technological triumphs of disease prevention : where is health? -- The technological transformation of birth -- Governing the empire of machines. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2009010914 |
| ISBN | 9780521835695 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 0521835690 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 1711366501 |
| ISBN | 9781711366500 |
| Standard identifier# | 40017113665 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laupus | Books - Stacks | W 82 R375E 2009 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |