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Eugene Braunwald and the rise of modern medicine /

Since the 1950s, the death rate from heart attacks has plunged from 35 percent to about 5 percent--and fatalistic attitudes toward this disease and many others have faded into history. Much of the improved survival and change in attitudes can be traced to the work of Eugene Braunwald, M.D. In the 19...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lee, Thomas H., 1953-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Flight from Europe, 1929-1939
  • An American education, 1939-1948
  • Medical education and training, 1948-1952
  • Internship and research, 1952-1955
  • National Institutes of Health : clinical associate, 1955-1957
  • Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1957-1958
  • NIH II : "the golden years," 1958-1968
  • San Diego : building a medical school, 1968-1972
  • Rebuilding the Brigham, 1972-1980
  • Growth and evolution, 1980-1996
  • Research in evolution
  • Textbooks and the evolution of learning
  • The still years.