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Technology in the Hospital: Transforming Patient Care in the Early Twentieth Century
Joel D. Howell
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Description for Technology in the Hospital: Transforming Patient Care in the Early Twentieth Century
Paperback. In a concluding chapter he applies the book's historical insights to medical practice today-asking why, for example, modern diagnostic tests have not been used to give doctors more time to spend with patients. Num Pages: 360 pages, 33, 33 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBG; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
How did use of medical technology such as urinalyses, blood tests, and x-ray machines change patient care in early-twentieth-century American hospitals? To what extent was the use of new machines influenced by the ideas of scientific medicine and to what extent by the availability of newly structured facilities and trained personnel? Drawing on the medical treatment of more than 2,000 patients in Pennsylvania and New York hospitals, Howell traces the ways in which medical technology was used, not merely how it was talked about. He utilizes a wide range of sources-including medical texts, popular literature, and the visual arts-to explore ... Read more
How did use of medical technology such as urinalyses, blood tests, and x-ray machines change patient care in early-twentieth-century American hospitals? To what extent was the use of new machines influenced by the ideas of scientific medicine and to what extent by the availability of newly structured facilities and trained personnel? Drawing on the medical treatment of more than 2,000 patients in Pennsylvania and New York hospitals, Howell traces the ways in which medical technology was used, not merely how it was talked about. He utilizes a wide range of sources-including medical texts, popular literature, and the visual arts-to explore ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
Weight
498g
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801855016
SKU
V9780801855016
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99-1
About Joel D. Howell
Joel D. Howell is a faculty member in the Departments of Internal Medicine, History, and Health Services Management and Policy at the University of Michigan, where he is also co-director of the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program.
Reviews for Technology in the Hospital: Transforming Patient Care in the Early Twentieth Century
[Howell's] early twentieth-century portrait is fresh and important, as an analysis of medical practice just coming to grips with the technological world.
Nature
I recommend this delightful book to anyone interested in the history of medicine.
Seymour Perry
New England Journal of Medicine
Nature
I recommend this delightful book to anyone interested in the history of medicine.
Seymour Perry
New England Journal of Medicine