Hearts Exposed

Transplants and the Media in 1960s Britain

A. Nathoo (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

262 Seiten

2009
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-4039-8730-3 (ISBN)

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This book examines the relationship between medicine and the media in 1960's Britain, when the first wave of heart transplants were as much media as medical events and marked a decisive period in post-war history. Public trust in their doctors was significantly undermined, and medicine was held publicly to account as never before.

AYESHA NATHOO is a Research Fellow at Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, UK, and a member of the Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Her research interests include history of modern medicine, science communication, medical humanitarianism, and postwar international health.

Illustrations Acknowledgements Sources Abbreviations Introduction Making the Heart Transplantable Communicating Medicine in Post-war Britain Creating the Most Famous Operation in the World 'The Most Extraordinary Programme Ever Shown on Television' Hospital–Media Relations in the First British Heart Transplant Managing Medicine's Image in the 'Time of the Heart Transplants' Conclusion References

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.1.2009
Reihe/Serie	Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History
Zusatzinfo	29 Illustrations, black and white; XV, 262 p. 29 illus.
Verlagsort	Gordonsville
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Chirurgie ► Herz- / Thorax- / Gefäßchirurgie
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
	Naturwissenschaften
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien
ISBN-10	1-4039-8730-0 / 1403987300
ISBN-13	978-1-4039-8730-3 / 9781403987303
Zustand	Neuware