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Caring for the Heart: Mayo Clinic and the Rise of Specialization

W. Bruce Fye

This groundbreaking book describes developments in the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease, explains how the Mayo Clinic became a world-famous medical center, and reveals how new technologies and procedures promoted medical specialization. It is written for general readers as well as health care professionals, historians, and policy analysts.

Medicine & Public HealthMedicine & Public Health · medium confidenceMedicine & Public Health81 signalsLlm Classifier: Medicine & Public Health -> Medicine & Public HealthAward Category: PROSE Award for History of Science, Medicine, and Technology -> Medicine & Public HealthAward Category: Medicine & Public Health -> Medicine & Public HealthDisease, Epidemics & DrugsDrugs, Addiction & TreatmentMedicine, Health & the BodyPublic Health Systems

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AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
PROSE Award for History of Science, Medicine, and Technology2016Honorable mentionOfficial source
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