Ostherr, Kirsten, 1970-

Medical visions : producing the patient through film, television, and imaging technologies / Kirsten Ostherr. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2013. - x, 307 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-284) and index.

Visual education, health communication, and scientific filmmaking in the early twentieth century -- "The entire medical profession is becoming 'film conscious'" : how cinema became part of medical education -- "The disruption of medical education throughout the world" : global networks for medical media in the postwar era -- From the avant-garde to experimental television : mid-century technologies of medical perception -- Medical relevance and public relations : how cinéma vérité became the video news release -- Medical reality TV, social media, and the networked patient.

9780199737253 (alk. paper)

2012024726


Medical cinematography.
Cinematography--Scientific applications.
Mass media.
History of Medicine.
Mass Media.
Education, Medical--history.
History, 20th Century.


Print books.

TR893 / .O88 2013