Spare Parts: Organ Replacement in American Society
Spare Parts: Organ Replacement in American Society by Judith P. Swazey
English | 1 Jan. 1992 | ISBN: 0195076508 | 272 Pages | PDF | 14 MB
English | 1 Jan. 1992 | ISBN: 0195076508 | 272 Pages | PDF | 14 MB
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.