CT Suite
The Work of Diagnosis in the Age of Noninvasive Cutting
1st Edition
Published on 15. December 2008
416 pages
978-0-8223-9200-2 (ISBN)
Description
An ethnography of a hospital's CT (Computed Technography) department that examines how medical imaging alters our ideas about the human body.
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Persons
Barry F. Saunders is Associate Professor of Social Medicine, Adjunct Associate Professor of Anthropology and of Religious Studies, and Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine and of Family Medicine at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He is also an emergency room doctor at Chatham Hospital in Siler City, North Carolina.
Content
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction 1
1. Reading and Writing 13
2. Cutting 93
3. Diagnosing 130
4. Curating 159
5. Testifying and Teaching 199
6. Exposition 275
Impression 300
Notes 307
Clinical Terms and Jargon 345
Bibliography 349
Illustrations 375
Index 379
Introduction 1
1. Reading and Writing 13
2. Cutting 93
3. Diagnosing 130
4. Curating 159
5. Testifying and Teaching 199
6. Exposition 275
Impression 300
Notes 307
Clinical Terms and Jargon 345
Bibliography 349
Illustrations 375
Index 379
