Spare Parts: Organ Replacement in American Society
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The developments that have occurred in the field of organ transplantation during the 1980s and early 1990s, and the simultaneous rise and fall of the Jarvik-7 artificial heart are the subject of this vividly written and absorbing new volume. In Spare Parts, fascinating, interconnected stories of organ transplantation and the artificial heart are recounted in an interpretive framework that explores the vision of the "replaceable body." Themes of uncertainty,...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0195076508
ISBN13:9780195076509
Release Date:September 1992
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Length:272 Pages
Weight:1.25 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.4" x 9.6"
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