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Cold, Hard Steel: The Myth of the Modern Surgeon
Hardback
Main Details
Title |
Cold, Hard Steel: The Myth of the Modern Surgeon
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Agnes Arnold-Forster
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Series | Social Histories of Medicine |
Physical Properties |
Format:Hardback | Pages:280 | Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 138 |
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ISBN/Barcode |
9781526156624
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Audience | General | Tertiary Education (US: College) | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Manchester University Press
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Imprint |
Manchester University Press
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NZ Release Date |
27 June 2023 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
British culture is populated by larger-than-life surgeons. Whether fictional or real, they have created, conformed to and complicated the surgical stereotype. Cold, hard steel anatomises this stereotype, offering a new social, cultural and emotional history of modern and contemporary British surgery. Drawing on cultural representations, archival material and oral history interviews, the book considers the development and maintenance of the surgical stereotype and explains why it has proven so enduring.
Author Biography
Agnes Arnold-Forster is a researcher in the Social Studies of Medicine Department at McGill University -- .
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