Magnetic Appeal – MRI and the Myth of Transparency
Autor Kelly Joyceen Limba Engleză Hardback – 20 apr 2008
In Magnetic Appeal, Kelly A. Joyce shows how MRI technology grew out of serendipitous circumstances and was adopted for reasons having little to do with patient safety or evidence of efficacy. Drawing on interviews with physicians and MRI technologists, as well as ethnographic research conducted at imaging sites and radiology conferences, Joyce demonstrates that current beliefs about MRI draw on cultural ideas about sight and technology and are reinforced by health care policies and insurance reimbursement practices. Moreover, her unsettling analysis of physicians' and technologists' work practices lets readers consider that MRI scans do not reveal the truth about the body as is popularly believed, nor do they always lead to better outcomes for patients. Although clearly a valuable medical technique, MRI technology cannot necessarily deliver the health outcomes ascribed to it.
Magnetic Appeal also addresses broader questions about the importance of medical imaging technologies in American culture and medicine. These technologies, which include ultrasound, X-ray, and MRI, are part of a larger trend in which visual representations have become central to American health, identity, and social relations.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780801444890
ISBN-10: 0801444896
Pagini: 208
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Editura: MB – Cornell University Press
ISBN-10: 0801444896
Pagini: 208
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Editura: MB – Cornell University Press