Uncertainty in Medical Innovation: Experienced Pioneers in Neonatal Care (Health, Technology and Society) [Hardcover]

Jessica Mesman (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0230216722 | ISBN-13: 978-0230216723 | Publication Date: November 11, 2008

The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is a site where hi-tech medicine and vulnerable human beings come into close contact. Focusing on a number of medical and ethical challenges encountered by staff and parents, this book provides a new perspective on the complexity of these treatments and the inventiveness of those involved.

 

*Winner of the British Sociology Association's Sociology of Health and Illness Prize*

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Winner of The Sociology of Health and Illness Book Prize 2009

About the Author

JESSICA MESMAN is Assistant Professor in the Department of Technology and Society Studies, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands. Her research interests and publications include the anthropology of knowledge and empirical ethics in critical care medicine, particularly on issues of uncertainty and resources of resilience in patient safety.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (November 11, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0230216722
• ISBN-13: 978-0230216723
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,159,201 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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