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McKellar, Shelley, author.

Title Artificial hearts : the allure and ambivalence of a controversial medical technology / Shelley McKellar.

Publication Info.	©2018
	Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2018]

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Rocky Hill - Downloadable Materials	EBSCO Ebook	Downloadable
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Description	1 online resource : illustrations
Note	Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 8, 2018).
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Fighting heart disease with machines and devices -- Multiple approaches to building artificial hearts : technological optimism and political support in the early years -- Dispute and disappointment : heart transplantation and total artificial heart implant cases in the 1960s -- Technology and risk : nuclear-powered artificial hearts and medical device regulation -- Media spotlight : the Utah total artificial heart -- Clinical and commercial rewards : ventricular assist devices -- Securing a place : therapeutic clout and second-generation VADs -- Artificial hearts in the 21st century.
Subject	Heart, Artificial -- History.
	Heart -- Surgery -- History.
	MEDICAL -- Surgery -- General.
	Heart, Artificial. (OCoLC)fst00953756
	Heart -- Surgery. (OCoLC)fst00953666
	History, 21st Century.
	History, 20th Century.
	Heart, Artificial -- history.
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form:	Print version: McKellar, Shelley. Artificial hearts. Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017 9781421423555 (DLC) 2017008834 (OCoLC)974035491
ISBN	9781421423562 (electronic book)
	1421423561 (electronic book)
	1421423561 (electronic)

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