An edition of Hearts exposed
(2009)
Hearts exposed
transplants and the media in 1960s Britain
by Ayesha Nathoo
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This text examines the relationship between medicine and the media in 1960s Britain, when the first wave of heart transplants were as much media as medical events and marked a decisive period in post-war history.
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Health in mass media, Heart, Heart Transplantation, History, History, 20th Century, Mass media, TransplantationPlaces
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Hearts exposed: transplants and the media in 1960s Britain
2009, Palgrave Macmillan, Springer
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1403987300 9781403987303
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Table of Contents
Making the heart transplantable
The "pump" : its disciplines, institutions, and professionals
"Spare-part surgery" and human heart transplants
Preparing doctors and the public
Communicating medicine in post-war Britain
Doctors and the control of medical communication
Making medical news and the challenge of television
Medical accountability
Creating the most famous operation in the world
Breaking news
Louis Washkansky : the world's most famous patient
Christiaan Barnard : South Africa's "most valued ambassador"
"The most extraordinary programme ever shown on television" : a new medium for debating medicine
Negotiating arenas and methods of medical debate
Tomorrow's world in the making : shaping medical debate
Response to the "medical circus"
Hospital-media relations in the first British heart transplant
Staging a press conference to manage a media event
Continuing the story : using the press or being used
Divided communities
Managing medicine's image in the time of the heart transplants
Public accountability
"Brain death" and access to medical decision-making
Donor supply and trust in the medical profession
A moratorium on heart transplants.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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