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The Edge of Medicine: The Technology That Will Change Our Lives
The Edge of Medicine: The Technology That Will Change Our Lives
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Experts agree that we are entering the Golden Age of Medicine, when our everyday experience of being ill and getting better will be more like science fiction than todays routine trip to the doctor.Bill Hanson, director of the surgical intensive care unit at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center and an inventor of medical technology, offers true-life and intensely intimate stories about the way biotechnology is changing people's lives.¢ An electronic nose that detects infection, such as pneumonia, based on a persons breath ¢ Robots with appendages that can feel their way around tissue, which will augment the hands of surgeons in the operating room ¢ Computer health wizards that will advise and prescribe through your home computer¢ Computerized psychotherapists dispensing advice about emotional problems¢ Telehealth software that serves as a monitoring nurse for difficult to manage chronic illnesses
ASIN: 0230605753
VSKU: RDV.0230605753.VG
Condition: Very Good
Author/Artist:Hanson M.D., Dr. William
Binding: Hardcover
Note: Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.
Condition Notes: This book is in excellent condition. There may be minimal writing on the inside cover or cover page. Cover image on the book may vary from photo. Ships out quickly in a secure plastic mailer.
ASIN: 0230605753
VSKU: RDV.0230605753.VG
Condition: Very Good
Author/Artist:Hanson M.D., Dr. William
Binding: Hardcover
Note: Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.
Condition Notes: This book is in excellent condition. There may be minimal writing on the inside cover or cover page. Cover image on the book may vary from photo. Ships out quickly in a secure plastic mailer.
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