Christiane Nockels Fabbri, PhD, a native of Luxembourg, has practiced clinical medicine since 1984, most recently at Yale Health in New Haven, CT.

This work applies a holistic approach that reaches beyond the implications for medicine and explores a more diverse way of understanding the innovation. Recognition is given to the dynamic nature of innovation with the exploration of related social contexts, political considerations, economic implications, and much more. The author uses writing that is easily accessible, translating medical and scientific content into a user-friendly volume for the layman.

• Foreword by Sandra Panem, PhDAcknowledgmentsIntroductionProcedures and DevicesAngioplastyBlood TransfusionCardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)Cataract SurgeryDialysisEndoscopyHeart–Lung MachineIn Vitro Fertilization (IVF)Organ TransplantationPacemakerProsthetic HipStem Cell TherapyTests and ToolsAngiocardiographyClinical TrialsComputed Tomography (CT)Electrocardiogram (ECG)Electroencephalogram (EEG)Electronic Medical Records and Medical InformaticsMagnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)Pap SmearSphygmomanometerStethoscopeThermometerUltrasoundX-RaysMedications and VaccinesAntihistaminesAspirinBirth Control PillChemotherapyCortisoneDiphtheria ToxoidInsulinModern PsychopharmacologyPenicillinPolio VaccineStreptomycinSulfa DrugsOther Important DiscoveriesABO Blood GroupsAnesthesiaAntisepsis and AsepsisDNA and the Genetic CodeGerm Theory of DiseaseHelicobacter PyloriHepatitis CHuman Papilloma VirusIodineMalariaMonoclonal AntibodiesVaccinationVitaminsBrief Timeline of Medical InnovationsGlossaryIndex

Christiane Nockels Fabbri, PhD, a native of Luxembourg, has practiced clinical medicine since 1984, most recently at Yale Health in New Haven, CT.

This work applies a holistic approach that reaches beyond the implications for medicine and explores a more diverse way of understanding the innovation. Recognition is given to the dynamic nature of innovation with the exploration of related social contexts, political considerations, economic implications, and much more. The author uses writing that is easily accessible, translating medical and scientific content into a user-friendly volume for the layman.

• Foreword by Sandra Panem, PhDAcknowledgmentsIntroductionProcedures and DevicesAngioplastyBlood TransfusionCardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)Cataract SurgeryDialysisEndoscopyHeart–Lung MachineIn Vitro Fertilization (IVF)Organ TransplantationPacemakerProsthetic HipStem Cell TherapyTests and ToolsAngiocardiographyClinical TrialsComputed Tomography (CT)Electrocardiogram (ECG)Electroencephalogram (EEG)Electronic Medical Records and Medical InformaticsMagnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)Pap SmearSphygmomanometerStethoscopeThermometerUltrasoundX-RaysMedications and VaccinesAntihistaminesAspirinBirth Control PillChemotherapyCortisoneDiphtheria ToxoidInsulinModern PsychopharmacologyPenicillinPolio VaccineStreptomycinSulfa DrugsOther Important DiscoveriesABO Blood GroupsAnesthesiaAntisepsis and AsepsisDNA and the Genetic CodeGerm Theory of DiseaseHelicobacter PyloriHepatitis CHuman Papilloma VirusIodineMalariaMonoclonal AntibodiesVaccinationVitaminsBrief Timeline of Medical InnovationsGlossaryIndex

Christiane Nockels Fabbri, PhD, a native of Luxembourg, has practiced clinical medicine since 1984, most recently at Yale Health in New Haven, CT.

This work applies a holistic approach that reaches beyond the implications for medicine and explores a more diverse way of understanding the innovation. Recognition is given to the dynamic nature of innovation with the exploration of related social contexts, political considerations, economic implications, and much more. The author uses writing that is easily accessible, translating medical and scientific content into a user-friendly volume for the layman.

• Foreword by Sandra Panem, PhDAcknowledgmentsIntroductionProcedures and DevicesAngioplastyBlood TransfusionCardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)Cataract SurgeryDialysisEndoscopyHeart–Lung MachineIn Vitro Fertilization (IVF)Organ TransplantationPacemakerProsthetic HipStem Cell TherapyTests and ToolsAngiocardiographyClinical TrialsComputed Tomography (CT)Electrocardiogram (ECG)Electroencephalogram (EEG)Electronic Medical Records and Medical InformaticsMagnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)Pap SmearSphygmomanometerStethoscopeThermometerUltrasoundX-RaysMedications and VaccinesAntihistaminesAspirinBirth Control PillChemotherapyCortisoneDiphtheria ToxoidInsulinModern PsychopharmacologyPenicillinPolio VaccineStreptomycinSulfa DrugsOther Important DiscoveriesABO Blood GroupsAnesthesiaAntisepsis and AsepsisDNA and the Genetic CodeGerm Theory of DiseaseHelicobacter PyloriHepatitis CHuman Papilloma VirusIodineMalariaMonoclonal AntibodiesVaccinationVitaminsBrief Timeline of Medical InnovationsGlossaryIndex