Hope Rites : An Ethnographic Study of Mechanical Help-Heart Implantation Treatment

Hope Rites : An Ethnographic Study of Mechanical Help-Heart Implantation Treatment

This thesis is about cultural aspects of advanced medical technology for treating end-stage heart failure. New medical technologies like mechanical help-hearts save lives, but they also bring new uncertainties, risks, and challenges. Based on nine months of ethnographic field work in a Swedish acade...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Agic, Haris
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Linköpings universitet, Hälsa och samhälle 2012
Subjects:
Medical technology
uncertainty
ritual
emotions
ethnography
liminality
end-stage heart failure
mechanical help-heart
progress
hope.
Medicinsk teknologi
ovisshet
emotioner
etnografi
liminalitet
akut svår hjärtsvikt
mekaniskt hjälphjärta
framsteg
hopp.
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-76158
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-7519-953-5

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http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-7519-953-5

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