Artificial hearts : the allure and ambivalence of a controversial medical technology
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- ISBN: 9781421423555
- ISBN: 1421423553
- ISBN: 9781421423562
- ISBN: 1421423561
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Physical Description:
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xii, 350 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm - Publisher: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2018]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction : Fighting heart disease with machines and devices -- Multiple approaches to building artificial hearts : technological optimism and political support in the early years -- Dispute and disappointment : heart transplantation and total artificial heart implant cases in the 1960s -- Technology and risk : nuclear-powered artificial hearts and medical device regulation -- Media spotlight : the Utah total artificial heart and the charge of bioethics -- Clinical and commercial rewards : ventricular assist devices -- Securing a place : therapeutic clout and second-generation VADs -- Artificial hearts in the twenty-first century. |
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Subject: | Heart, Artificial United States History Heart Surgery United States History Heart, Artificial history |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | RD 598.35 .A78 M35 2018 | 30775305540081 | General Collection | Available | - |