Hearts Exposed: Transplants and the Media in 1960s Britain (Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History)

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
List of Figures......Page 10
Acknowledgements......Page 12
Abbreviations......Page 16
Introduction......Page 18
1 Making the Heart Transplantable......Page 24
The \'pump\': Its disciplines, institutions and professionals......Page 25
\'Spare-part surgery\' and human heart transplants......Page 32
Preparing doctors and the public......Page 42
2 Communicating Medicine in Post-War Britain......Page 50
Doctors and the control of medical communication......Page 51
Making medical news and the challenge of television......Page 59
Medical accountability......Page 65
3 Creating the Most Famous Operation in the World......Page 74
Breaking news......Page 75
Louis Washkansky: The world\'s most famous patient......Page 82
Christiaan Barnard: South Africa\'s \'most valued ambassador\'......Page 91
4 \'The Most Extraordinary Programme Ever Shown on Television\': A New Medium for Debating Medicine......Page 103
Negotiating arenas and methods of medical debate......Page 104
Tomorrow\'s World in the making: Shaping medical debate......Page 108
Response to the \'medical circus\'......Page 119
5 Hospital–Media Relations in the First British Heart Transplant......Page 128
Staging a press conference to manage a media event......Page 129
Continuing the story: Using the press or being used?......Page 143
Divided communities......Page 152
6 Managing Medicine\'s Image in the \'Time of the Heart Transplants\'......Page 164
Public accountability......Page 165
\'Brain death\' and access to medical decision-making......Page 172
Donor supply and trust in the medical profession......Page 178
A moratorium on heart transplants......Page 185
Conclusion......Page 199
Notes......Page 212
References......Page 254
Bibliography......Page 256
B......Page 272
C......Page 273
G......Page 274
H......Page 275
M......Page 276
P......Page 277
S......Page 278
Y......Page 279