Uncertainty in Medical Innovation

Experienced Pioneers in Neonatal Care
2008. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-230-21672-3
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 219 Seiten, Format (B × H): 137 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 399 g

Reihe: Health, Technology and Society

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mesman, Jessica

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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.