Devices and Designs : Medical Technologies in Historical Perspective /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Anderson, Julie (Editor), Timmermann, Carsten (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
Series:Science, technology, and medicine in modern history.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary: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.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XIV, 284 pages)
ISBN:9780230286405
DOI:10.1057/9780230286405