[PDF.78ko] Machines in Our Hearts: The Cardiac Pacemaker, the Implantable Defibrillator, and American Health Care

Machines in Our Hearts: The Cardiac Pacemaker, the Implantable Defibrillator, and American Health Care

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 | #1050487 in Books |  Johns Hopkins University Press |  2001-05-07 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.00 x1.06 x6.00l,1.37 | File type: PDF | 384 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| A great bit of medical, political & cultural history|By Katy Butler|This is a thorough, well-written history not only of the pacemaker and internalized defibrillator, but of the cultural implications of the devices. Most of the emphasis is on the pacemaker -- the first fully implantable and miniaturized form of life support. Jeffrey examines how the pacemaker began as a rarely-

Today hundreds of thousands of Americans carry pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) within their bodies. These battery-powered machines―small computers, in fact―deliver electricity to the heart to correct dangerous disorders of the heartbeat. But few doctors, patients, or scholars know the history of these devices or how "heart-rhythm management" evolved into a multi-billion-dollar manufacturing and service industry.

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You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Machines in Our Hearts: The Cardiac Pacemaker, the Implantable Defibrillator, and American Health Care   |  Kirk Jeffrey.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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