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Medical Visions: Producing the Patient Through Film, Television, and Imaging Technologies Ostherr, Kirsten (Associate Professor, Associate Professor, Rice University)
Medical Visions: Producing the Patient Through Film, Television, and Imaging Technologies
Ostherr, Kirsten (Associate Professor, Associate Professor, Rice University)
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.
304 pages, 48 illus.
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | April 8, 2013 |
| ISBN13 | 9780199737253 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 320 |
| Dimensions | 155 × 235 × 22 mm · 430 g |
| Language | English |