Medical Visions - Producing Patient Through Film, Television, Imaging Technologies

Zusatztext extensive archival work and the depth of its analysis makes it essential reading for any historians with an interest in the role that visual mass media have played in the development of science, technology and medicine Informationen zum Autor Kirsten Ostherr is an Associate Professor of English at Rice University. She is author of Cinematic Prophylaxis: Globalization and Contagion in the Discourse of World Health. Klappentext This book explores 120 years of medical image-making to explain how visual representations came to play a central role in medical education and practice. She demonstrates how medical images acquire cultural meaning and influence, shaping professional and popular understandings of health and disease. Zusammenfassung This book explores 120 years of medical image-making to explain how visual representations came to play a central role in medical education and practice. She demonstrates how medical images acquire cultural meaning and influence, shaping professional and popular understandings of health and disease.

Product details

• Authors: Kirsten Ostherr, Kirsten (Associate Professor Ostherr, Ostherr Kirsten
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.04.2013
• EAN: 9780199737246
• ISBN: 978-0-19-973724-6
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Media Studies, MEDICAL / History, PERFORMING ARTS / Television / History & Criticism, Films, cinema, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Medical Sociology, Health systems & services, Health systems and services