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Hearts Exposed : Transplants and the Media in 1960s Britain (1st ed. 2009)

Part of the Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History series
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This book examines the relationship between medicine and the media in 1960's Britain, when the first wave of heart transplants were as much media as medical events and marked a decisive period in post-war history.

Public trust in their doctors was significantly undermined, and medicine was held publicly to account as never before.

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Product Details
Palgrave Macmillan
1349541354 / 9781349541355
Paperback / softback
30/01/2009
United Kingdom
262 pages, 29 Illustrations, black and white; XV, 262 p. 29 illus.
140 x 216 mm