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the rise and consequences of technological medicine

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Cambridge University Press
Language
English
Pages
229

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Subjects

Medical innovations, Medical technology, Biomedical Technology, Trends, History, History, Modern 1601-
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Table of Contents

Revealing the body's whispers : how the stethoscope transformed medicine
Enigmatic pictures : how patients and doctors encountered the x-ray
Life-saving 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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Cambridge, New York

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Dewey Decimal Class
610.28/4
Library of Congress
RA418.5.M4 .R45 2009, RA418.5.M4.R45 2009, RA418.5.M4 R45 2009

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Pagination
p. ;
Number of pages
229

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OL23186771M
Internet Archive
technologicalmed0000reis
ISBN 13
9780521835695
LCCN
2009010914
OCLC/WorldCat
316421100, 497178200
Library Thing
9558128
Goodreads
7053735

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