| Devices and Designs: Medical Technologies in Historical Perspective 2006 Edition Contributor(s): Timmermann, C. (Editor), Anderson, J. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1403986444 ISBN-13: 9781403986443 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2006 Annotation: In the last two centuries, medicine has been transformed by a number of major technological and organisational innovations. This edited collection examines the role of medical technologies in the history of medicine, of new diagnostic and therapeutic tools, prostheses and apparatus. The volume also discusses the social, cultural, political and economic contexts from which these medical technologies emerged, and, in turn, how technical innovations gave rise to new social constellations. A central purpose of the volume is to show what consequences new practices linked to the uptake of certain technologies had for the history of medicine more widely. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | History - Medical | Allied Health Services - Medical Technology |
| Dewey: 610.28 |
| LCCN: 2006047611 |
| Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 7.16" W x 8.77" (1.03 lbs) 284 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
