Spare Parts: Organ Replacement in American Society, Fox 9781138533363 New..

Name: Spare Parts: Organ Replacement in American Society, Fox 9781138533363 New..
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Spare PartsOrgan Replacement in American Society\nAuthor(s): Renee C. Fox\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138533363, 978-1138533363\nSynopsis\nSpare Parts examines major developments in the field of organ replacement that occurred in the United States over the course of the 1980s and the beginning of the 1990s. It focuses upon significant medical and social changes in the transplantation of human organs and on the development and clinical testing of the Jarvik-7 artificial heart, with special emphasis on how these biomedical events were related to the political, economic, and social climate of American society.\n\nPart I examines the important biomedical advances and events in organ transplantation and their social and cultural concomitants. In Part II, the focus shifts to the story of the rise and fall of the Jarvik-7 artificial heart in the United States, its relation to American social institutions and cultur.