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

This book examines the relationship between medicine and the media in 1960's Britain, when the first wave of heart transplants were as much media as medical events and marked a decisive period in post-war history. Public trust in their doctors was significantly undermined, and medicine was held publicly to account as never before. 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 This text examines the relationship between medicine and the media in 1960s Britain, when the first wave of heart transplants were as much media as medical events and marked a decisive period in post-war history.