The Doctor Who Wasn`t There – Technology, History, and the Limits of Telehealth

Name: The Doctor Who Wasn`t There – Technology, History, and the Limits of Telehealth
Brand: The University of Chicago Press

The University of Chicago Press

This gripping history shows how the electronic devices we use to access care influence the kind of care we receive.\nThe Doctor Who Wasn\u2019t There traces the long arc of enthusiasm for\u2014and skepticism of\u2014electronic media in health and medicine. Over the past century, a series of new technologies promised to democratize access to healthcare. From the humble telephone to the connected smartphone, from FM radio to wireless wearables, from cable television to the \u201Celectronic brains\u201D of networked mainframe computers: each new platform has promised a radical reformation of the healthcare landscape. With equal attention to the history of technology, the history of medicine, and the politics and economies of American healthcare, physician and historian Jeremy A. Greene explores the role that\n\nThe Doctor Who Wasn`t There \u2013 Technology, History, and the Limits of Telehealth\nTechnology, History, and the Limits of Telehealth\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis br;