Broken Hearts: The Tangled History of Cardiac Care

by David S. Jones

Book Overview

A history illustrating the complexity of medical decision making and risk.

Still the leading cause of death worldwide, heart disease challenges researchers, clinicians, and patients alike. Each day, thousands of patients and their doctors make decisions about coronary angioplasty and bypass surgery. In Broken Hearts David S. Jones sheds light on the nature and quality of those decisions. He describes the debates over what causes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421408015
• ISBN13: 9781421408019
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.2"