Hearts Exposed Transplants and the Media in 1960s Britain

Name: Hearts Exposed Transplants and the Media in 1960s Britain
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ISBN: 9781403987303

ISBN-10: 1403987300

ISBN-13: 9781403987303

Edition: 2009

Authors: Ayesha Nathoo

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This book examines the relationship between medicine and the media in 1960s Britain, when the first wave of heart transplants were as much media as medical events and marked a decisive period in post-war history. Public trust in their doctors was significantly undermined, and medicine was held publicly to account as never before.

Book details

List price: $54.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Limited
Publication date: 1/30/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 262
Size: 5.63" wide x 8.85" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English



List of Figures


Acknowledgements


Abbreviations


Introduction



Making the Heart Transplantable


The 'pump': Its disciplines, institutions and professionals


'Spare-part surgery' and human heart transplants


Preparing doctors and the public



Communicating Medicine in Post-War Britain


Doctors and the control of medical communication


Making medical news and the challenge of television


Medical accountability



Creating the Most Famous Operation in the World


Breaking news


The world's most famous patient



South Africa's 'most valued ambassador'




'The Most Extraordinary Programme Ever Shown on Television': A New Medium for Debating Medicine


Negotiating arenas and methods of medical debate


Tomorrow's World in the making: Shaping medical debate


Response to the 'medical circus'



Hospital-Media Relations in the First British Heart Transplant


Staging a press conference to manage a media event


Continuing the story: Using the press or being used?


Divided communities



Managing Medicine's Image in the 'Time of the Heart Transplants'


Public accountability


'Brain death' and access to medical decision-making


Donor supply and trust in the medical profession


A moratorium on heart transplants


Conclusion


Notes


References


Bibliography


Index