Invasion of the Body : Revolutions in Surgery.
Tilney, Nicholas L.
Invasion of the Body : Revolutions in Surgery. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (383 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- 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 Surgeon, Then and Now -- 11. Shifting Foundations -- 12. Unsolved Challenges -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
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 famous Boston teaching hospital, Brigham and Women's.
9780674063273
Surgery-History.
Surgery-History-20th century.
Surgery-History-21st century.
Electronic books.
RD19
617
Invasion of the Body : Revolutions in Surgery. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (383 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- 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 Surgeon, Then and Now -- 11. Shifting Foundations -- 12. Unsolved Challenges -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
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 famous Boston teaching hospital, Brigham and Women's.
9780674063273
Surgery-History.
Surgery-History-20th century.
Surgery-History-21st century.
Electronic books.
RD19
617