Gebundenes Buch

Technology, health, and the patient consumer in the twentieth century

Beschreibung

This book examines the little explored relationship between a variety of medical, informational, and health technologies and patientsâ roles as consumers from the early twentieth century to the present. It shows how patients as consumers have shaped such technologies, and equally, how technology has had a lasting effect on ways of being a patient. -- .

Autor

Rachel Elder is Research Associate in the Department of Social Studies of Medicine at McGill University Thomas Schlich is James McGill Professor in the History of Medicine and Department Chair of the Department of Social Studies of Medicine at McGill University

Produktdetails

• Social Histories of Medicine
• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Januar 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781526171146
• ISBN-10: 1526171147
• Artikelnr.: 70251790