Technological medicine : the changing world of doctors and patients / Stanley Joel Reiser.

Author/creator Reiser, Stanley Joel
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Descriptionxv, 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2009010914
ISBN9780521835695 (hardback)
ISBN0521835690 (hardback)
ISBN1711366501
ISBN9781711366500
Standard identifier# 40017113665

Availability

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Laupus Books - Stacks W 82 R375E 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold