Historical Perspectives on Innovation Schlich, Thomas edt Crenner, Christopher edt Crenner, Christopher oth Schlich, Thomas oth text xx Rochester University of Rochester Press 2017 monographic eng 1 online resource (244 p.) Surgery is an ideal field for examining the processes of technological change in medicine. The contributors to this book go beyond the concept of innovation, with its focus on a single technology and its sharp dichotomy of acceptance versus rejection. Instead they explore the historical contexts of change in surgery, looking at the complex dynamics of the various treatment options available -- old and new, surgical and nonsurgical -- as well as the variable character of the new technologies themselves, thus broadening and transcending the notion of technological innovation. Free-to-read Unrestricted online access star All rights reserved http://oapen.org/content/about-rights English Medicine medicine Surgery technological change https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/37999 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/37999 Free-to-read All rights reserved oapen 210210 20260305123947.0 doab37999