Flesh and blood : a cultural history of transplantation and transfusion in twentieth-century America /

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Organ transplantation is one of the most dramatic interventions in modern medicine. Since the 1950s thousands of people have lived with 'new' hearts, kidneys, lungs, corneas, and other organs and tissues transplanted into their bodies. From the beginning, though, there was simply a problem...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lederer, Susan E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Temas:
1900-1999
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. > United States > History > 20th century.
Blood > Transfusion > United States > History > 20th century.
Organ Transplantation > history
Social Change > history
Organ Transplantation > psychology
History, 20th Century
Blood Transfusion > history
Blood Transfusion > psychology
Greffe (Chirurgie) > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Sang > Transfusion > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
MEDICAL > Allied Health Services > General.
Blood > Transfusion.
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
United States
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Living on the Island of Doctor Moreau : surgeons and the body
  • Miracles of resurrection : reinventing blood transfusion
  • Banking on the body
  • Lost boundaries : race, blood, and bodies
  • Are you my type? : blood groups, individuality, and identity
  • Medicalizing miscegenation? : transplantation and race
  • Religious bodies
  • Organ recital : transplantation and transfusion in historical perspective.

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