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Devices and Designs: Medical Technologies in Historical Perspective (Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History)
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Description for Devices and Designs: Medical Technologies in Historical Perspective (Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History)
Hardcover. Editor(s): Timmermann, Carsten; Anderson, Julie. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 298 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MBG; MBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 530.
In this volume, leading scholars in the history and sociology of medicine focus their attention on the material cultures of health care. They analyze how technology has become so central to medicine over the last two centuries and how we are coping with the consequences.
In this volume, leading scholars in the history and sociology of medicine focus their attention on the material cultures of health care. They analyze how technology has become so central to medicine over the last two centuries and how we are coping with the consequences.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History
Number of Pages
284
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403986443
SKU
V9781403986443
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Ref
99-15
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STUART BLUME Professor of Science Dynamics in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands ROBERT BUD Principal Curator of Medicine at the London Science Museum, UK CHRISTOPHER CRENNER Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of the History and Philosophy of Medicine and Internal Medicine at the University of Kansas School of Medicine, USA NEIL ... Read more
Reviews for Devices and Designs: Medical Technologies in Historical Perspective (Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History)
'An excellent introduction to current historical approaches and subjects in the continuing interaction of medicine and technology.' - Susan E. Lederer, The British Journal for the History of Science 'This is a rich collection with many satisfying and thought-provoking articles that should engage not just historians interested in technology but anyone concerned with modern medicine, its origins ... Read more