|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. |
Record Nr. |
UNINA9910787438003321 |
|
|
Autore |
Fye Bruce |
|
|
Titolo |
Caring for the heart : Mayo Clinic and the rise of specialization / / W. Bruce Fye ; foreword by Rosemary A. Stevens |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
|
|
New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 |
|
©2015 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISBN |
|
0-19-998237-6 |
0-19-021563-1 |
0-19-998236-8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Descrizione fisica |
|
1 online resource (705 p.) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Disciplina |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Soggetti |
|
Heart - Diseases - Prevention |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lingua di pubblicazione |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
|
|
|
|
|
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
|
|
|
|
|
Note generali |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di bibliografia |
|
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di contenuto |
|
""20 Challenges and Opportunities Around the New Millennium""""Appendix: Interviews""; ""Notes""; ""Index"" |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sommario/riassunto |
|
This groundbreaking book weaves together three important themes. It describes major developments in the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease in the twentieth century, explains how the Mayo Clinic evolved from a family practice in Minnesota into one of the world's leading medical centers, and reveals how the invention of new technologies and procedures promoted specialization among physicians and surgeons. Caring for the Heart is written for general readers as well as health care professionals, historians, and policy analysts. Unlike traditional institutional or disease-focused histories, t |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|