Cold, hard steel : the myth of the modern surgeon /
Brilliant, volatile and invariably male, the surgeon stereotype is a widespread and instantly recognisable part of western culture. Setting out to anatomise this stereotype, Cold, hard steel offers an exciting new history of modern and contemporary British surgery. The book draws on archival materia...
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| Language: | English |
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Manchester :
Manchester University Press,
2023.
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| Series: | Social histories of medicine.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Front Matter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Self-made myths
- 2 Surgeons in film, fiction, and on TV screens
- 3 Surgical conduct and surgical communities
- 4 Gender in surgery
- 5 Race and ethnicity in surgery
- 6 Surgical time
- 7 Military myths and metaphors
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
