Debug: No search context available for navigation
Technological change in modern surgery : historical perspectives on innovation
Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2017.
Examining the complex dynamics of medical treatment options and the variable character of surgical technologies, this volume broadens and transcends the notion of technological innovation.
Bibliographic Information
| Format: | Book |
|---|---|
| Subject: |
Surgery, Operative Medical innovations |
| Publication Year: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2017. |
| ISBN: | 9781580465946 1580465943 |
| Series: | Rochester studies in medical history, |
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Technological change in surgery: an introductory essay / Thomas Schlich and Christopher Crenner -- Inimitable innovation : Johann Friedrich Dieffenbach and the renewal of surgery, 1822-1847 / Lisa Haushofer -- Defining difference : competing forms of ovarian surgery in the nineteenth century / Sally Frampton -- Making bad boys good? : brain surgery and the juvenile court in progressive era America / Delia Gavrus -- Prosthetic imaginaries : spinal surgery and innovation from the patient's perspective / Beth Linker -- Disruptive potential : the 'landmark' rematch trial, left ventricular assist device (LVAD) technology, and the surgical treatment of heart failure in the United States / Shelley McKellar -- Placebos and the progress of surgery / Christopher Crenner -- Surgical practice and the reconstruction of the therapeutic niche : the case of myocardial revascularization / David S. Jones. |
| Course: |
HIST456 |
Availability at HKSYU Library
Online Resources
| Location | Call number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| English Book (4/F) | 617 TEC 2017 | Available |