The visible human project : informatic bodies and posthuman medicine /

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The Visible Human Project examines how the VHP provides visual access to every organ of the body, viewable from every angle and capable of being manipulated to simulate living processes like respiration.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Waldby, Cathy
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Routledge, 2000.
Series:Biofutures, biocultures.
Subjects:
Visible Human Project.
Visible Human Project
Visible Human Project (National Library of Medicine (U.S.))
Human anatomy > Databases.
Human anatomy > Atlases.
Medical informatics.
Human body (Philosophy)
Medicine > Data processing.
Bioethics.
Human anatomy > Models.
Anatomy, Cross-Sectional
Bioethics
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Models, Anatomic
Medical Informatics Applications
Medical Informatics
Bioethical Issues
Anatomie humaine > Atlas.
Anatomie humaine > Bases de données.
Médecine > Informatique.
Corps humain (Philosophie)
Anatomie tridimensionnelle.
Bioéthique.
Anatomie humaine > Modèles.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Human Anatomy & Physiology.
MEDICAL > Anatomy.
Medicine > Data processing
Human anatomy > Models
Human anatomy
Medical informatics
Anatomie.
Chirurgie (geneeskunde)
Computeranimatie.
Virtuele werkelijkheid.
Electronic book.
Scientific atlases
Databases
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The Visible Human Project : an initial history
  • 2. Posthuman spectacle
  • 3. Theatres of violence : the anatomical sacrifice and the anatomical trace
  • 4. Virtual surgery : morphing and morphology
  • 5. IatroGenesis : digital Eden and the reproduction of life
  • 6. Revenants : death and the digital uncanny
  • 7. Technogenesis : the posthuman visible.

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