To Do No Harm: Des and the Dilemmas of Modern Medicine

By Susan Fisher and Roberta J. Apfel

Book Overview

In this important book, Drs. Apfel and Fisher demonstrate how explosive technological advances, physicians' unconscious fantasies of heroism, and the urging of patients, among other factors, combined to produce the DES disaster-a massive tragedy that could occur again in any area of medicine.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300036191
• ISBN13: 9780300036190
• Release Date: September 1986
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.2"