Medical Technology and Society: An Interdiscipinary Perspective

by Joseph D. Bronzino, Maurice L. Wade, Vincent H. Smith

Book Overview

Medical Technology and Society is a thought-provoking examination for nonspecialists of medical technology and the social and moral issues arising from it. The book describes the evolution of medicine from turn-of-the-century general practice with its few surgical techniques and scarcity of effective drugs to today's complex hierarchical delivery systems involving advanced science, sophisticated equipment, and a multitude of highly specialized personnel...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262521547
• ISBN13: 9780262521543
• Release Date: April 1990
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 584 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher