Invasion of the body : revolutions in surgery /

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A pioneering organ transplant surgeon narrates in gripping detail the revolutions that have transformed modern surgery, and the turmoil in medical education and health care reform as new capacities to prolong life and restore health run headlong into unsustainable costs. Tilney's stage is the f...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tilney, Nicholas L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.
Temas:
1900-2099
Surgery > History.
Surgery > History > 20th century.
Surgery > History > 21st century.
General Surgery > history
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
Chirurgie > Histoire.
Chirurgie > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Chirurgie > Histoire > 21e siècle.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Médecine > Histoire > 21e siècle.
MEDICAL > Surgery > General.
MEDICAL > History.
Surgery.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Three operations
  • 2. The teaching hospital
  • 3. Evolution of a profession
  • 4. Steps forward and steps backward
  • 5. War and peace
  • 6. The promise of surgical research
  • 7. Operations on the heart
  • 8. The mechanical heart
  • 9. The transfer of organs
  • 10. Making a surgeon, then and now
  • 11. Shifting foundations
  • 12. Unsolved challenges.

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