Artificial Hearts The Allure and Ambivalence of a Controversial Medical Technology / Shelley McKellar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McKellar, Shelley, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History, 21st Century.

History, 20th Century.

Heart, Artificial--history.

Heart, Artificial.

United States.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (p. )

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2018

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017.

Summary:

Packed with larger-than-life characters--from dedicated and ardent scientists to feuding Texas surgeons and brave patients--this book is a fascinating case study that speaks to questions of expectations, limitations, and uncertainty in a high-technology medical world.

Contents:

Fighting heart disease with machines and devices

Multiple approaches to building artificial hearts : technological optimism and political support in the early years

Dispute and disappointment : heart transplantation and total artificial heart implant cases in the 1960s

Technology and risk : nuclear-powered artificial hearts and medical device regulation

Media spotlight : the Utah total artificial heart

Clinical and commercial rewards : ventricular assist devices

Securing a place : therapeutic clout and second-generation VADs

Artificial hearts in the 21st century.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4214-2356-1

OCLC:

1017098689