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Uncertainty in Medical Innovation Jessica Mesman

Uncertainty in Medical Innovation By Jessica Mesman

Uncertainty in Medical Innovation by Jessica Mesman


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The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is a site where hi-tech medicine and vulnerable human beings come into close contact. Focusing on a number of medical and ethical challenges encountered by staff and parents, this book provides a new perspective on the complexity of these treatments and the inventiveness of those involved.

Uncertainty in Medical Innovation Summary

Uncertainty in Medical Innovation: Experienced Pioneers in Neonatal Care by Jessica Mesman

The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is a site where hi-tech medicine and vulnerable human beings come into close contact. Focusing on a number of medical and ethical challenges encountered by staff and parents, this book provides a new perspective on the complexity of these treatments and the inventiveness of those involved.

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Winner of The Sociology of Health and Illness Book Prize 2009

'[T]his book is a luminous example of the ethnographic method in healthcare research, of the power of observation and the salience of situated knowledges which the approach makes visible. It is most closely and faithfully observed, offering great detail and precision, while at the same time being written in a flowing and accessible style which engages the reader, drawing us into the action.' - Maggie Mort, Dept of Sociology & Division of Medicine, Lancaster University

About Jessica Mesman

JESSICA MESMAN is Assistant Professor in the Department of Technology and Society Studies, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands. Her research interests and publications include the anthropology of knowledge and empirical ethics in critical care medicine, particularly on issues of uncertainty and resources of resilience in patient safety.

Table of Contents

1. Neonatology: A Permanent Dynamic of Change 2. Newly Born and Indeterminate 3. Co-Travellers 4. Uncertain Trajectories 5. Beacons on the Horizon 6. The Moral Load 7. The End of the Journey Glossary Bibliography

Additional information

NLS9781349303663
9781349303663
1349303666
Uncertainty in Medical Innovation: Experienced Pioneers in Neonatal Care by Jessica Mesman
New
Paperback
Palgrave Macmillan
2008-01-01
219
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