Caring for the Heart: Mayo Clinic and the Rise of Specialization

by W. Bruce Fye

Book Overview

This groundbreaking book weaves together three important themes. It describes major developments in the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease in the twentieth century, explains how the Mayo Clinic evolved from a family practice in Minnesota into one of the world's leading medical centers, and reveals how the invention of new technologies and procedures promoted specialization among physicians and surgeons.

Caring for the Heart is written...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019998235X
• ISBN13: 9780199982356
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 704 Pages
• Weight: 2.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.4"