Spare Parts: Organ Replacement in American Society

by Judith P. Swazey and Renee C. Fox

Book Overview

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, USA
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.6"