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OverviewStill the leading cause of death worldwide, heart disease challenges researchers, clinicians, and patients alike. Each day, thousands of patients and their doctors make decisions about coronary angioplasty and bypass surgery. In ""Broken Hearts"" David S. Jones sheds light on the nature and quality of those decisions. He describes the debates over what causes heart attacks and the efforts to understand such unforeseen complications of cardiac surgery as depression, mental fog, and stroke. Why do doctors and patients overestimate the effectiveness and underestimate the dangers of medical interventions, especially when doing so may lead to the overuse of medical therapies? To answer this question, Jones explores the history of cardiology and cardiac surgery in the United States and probes the ambiguities and inconsistencies in medical decision making. Based on extensive reviews of medical literature and archives, this historical perspective on medical decision making and risk highlights personal, professional, and community outcomes. Full Product DetailsAuthor: David S. Jones (A. Bernard Ackerman Professor of the Culture of Medicine, Harvard University)Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.590kg ISBN: 9781421408019ISBN 10: 1421408015 Pages: 336 Publication Date: 26 April 2013 Recommended Age: From 17 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsList of Figures Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: An Embarrassment of Riches Part I: Theory and Therapy Chapter 1. The Mysteries of Heart Attacks Chapter 2. The Case for Plaque Rupture Chapter 3. The Case against Plaque Rupture Chapter 4. Learning by Doing Chapter 5. The Plaque Rupture Consensus Chapter 6. Rupture Therapeutics Chapter 7. Therapeutic Ruptures Chapter 8. Fear and Unpredictability Part II: Complications Chapter 9. Surgical Ambition and Fear Chapter 10. Suffering Cerebrums Chapter 11. Deliriogenic Personalities Chapter 12. The Case of the Missing Complications Chapter 13. Selective Inattention Chapter 14. The Cerebral Complications of Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Chapter 15. A Taxonomy of Inattention Chapter 16. Competition's Complications Conclusion: Puzzles and Prospects Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsOffers a historical perspective on medical decision making in the case of heart disease. The Chronicle Review 2013 For anyone who has had a heart attack or whose family member has had one, this book is definitely worth reading. -- Stephen Goddard History Wire - Where the Past Comes Alive 2013 Any health collection strong in cardiac care will find this a winning presentation perfect for general health or specialty collections alike. Midwest Book Review 2013 The light Jones shines on the interventional cardiovascular enterprise illuminates numerous, sometimes fatal and always costly flaws that every patient and society at large ignores at great peril. -- Nortin M. Hadler Scientists' Bookshelf 2013 A surprising and sobering book. David Jones combines rigorous research with a clear narrative style to produce a very persuasive historical analysis. I heartily recommend that physicians read Broken Hearts to benefit from a dose of detective work,a dose of insight, and a good dose of humility. -- Jack Coulehan, MD Pharos 2013 Offers a historical perspective on medical decision making in the case of heart disease. The Chronicle Review For anyone who has had a heart attack or whose family member has had one, this book is definitely worth reading. -- Stephen Goddard History Wire - Where the Past Comes Alive Any health collection strong in cardiac care will find this a winning presentation perfect for general health or specialty collections alike. Midwest Book Review The light Jones shines on the interventional cardiovascular enterprise illuminates numerous, sometimes fatal and always costly flaws that every patient and society at large ignores at great peril. -- Nortin M. Hadler Scientists' Bookshelf A surprising and sobering book. David S. Jones combines rigorous research with a clear narrative style to produce a very persuasive historical analysis. I heartily recommend that physicians read Broken Hearts to benefit from a dose of detective work, a dose of insight, and a good dose of humility. -- Jack Coulehan, MD Pharos Jones does a very good job of outlining how difficult it is to understand all the workings of the human body, what is involved in medical research, and how that research is applied to human subjects through the lens of one medical specialty. -- Katherine Burger Johnson Watermark All in all, Jones presents a different and refreshing take on the challenges before us. He provides more questions than answers, but this is all to the good. Unless we pose the proper questions we cannot ever hope to obtain the right answers. -- Allen B. Weisse Bulletin of the History of Medicine Wide-ranging, full of interesting and telling historical details, steadily paced yet thorough in its making sense of complex medicine, Broken Hearts exposes cardiac care as neither mundane nor settled. -- Janet K. Shim Sociology of Health and Illness Jones asks us to embrace the complexity of medical decision-making, to recognize medical research gains and gaps, and to acknowledge the social values and priorities that shape our present scenario. Difficult decisions in medicine remain, but perhaps Jones's book will contribute to more judicious ones. -- Shelley Mckellar Technology and Culture For the past half century, patients have been advised to undergo valve replacement, angioplasty, or coronary artery bypass graft procedures to prevent or ameliorate cardiac pathologies. But how good are these procedures? How certain are the surgeons or physicians who recommend them that they will work? How do they know? Giving some answers to these questions and showing how the criteria for making medical decisions change over time are the themes of Broken Hearts. Choice Jones's larger point is a meditation on how we understand and misunderstand medical knowledge. -- Sarah Dine Health Affairs This book will appeal to a wide audience interested in the history of coronary artery disease, its treatment options, and medical decision-making. For those wanting more, there is an extensive bibliography. In closing, Jones asks us to embrace the complexity of medical decision-making, to recognize medical research gains and gaps, and to acknowledge the social values and priorities that shape our present scenario. Difficult decisions in medicine remain, but perhaps Jones's book will contribute to more judicious ones. -- Shelley McKellar Technology and Culture Offers a historical perspective on medical decision making in the case of heart disease. The Chronicle Review 2013 Offers a historical perspective on medical decision making in the case of heart disease. The Chronicle Review 2013 For anyone who has had a heart attack or whose family member has had one, this book is definitely worth reading. -- Stephen Goddard History Wire - Where the Past Comes Alive 2013 Any health collection strong in cardiac care will find this a winning presentation perfect for general health or specialty collections alike. Midwest Book Review 2013 Author InformationDavid S. Jones is the A. Bernard Ackerman Professor of the Culture of Medicine at Harvard University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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