{"product_id":"broken-hearts-david-s-jones-9781421408019","title":"Broken Hearts: The Tangled History of Cardiac Care","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA history illustrating the complexity of medical decision making and risk.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStill the leading cause of death worldwide, heart disease challenges researchers, clinicians, and patients alike. Each day, thousands of patients and their doctors make decisions about coronary angioplasty and bypass surgery. In \u003ci\u003eBroken Hearts\u003c\/i\u003e David S. Jones sheds light on the nature and quality of those decisions. He describes the debates over what causes heart attacks and the efforts to understand such unforeseen complications of cardiac surgery as depression, mental fog, and stroke.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy do doctors and patients overestimate the effectiveness and underestimate the dangers of medical interventions, especially when doing so may lead to the overuse of medical therapies? To answer this question, Jones explores the history of cardiology and cardiac surgery in the United States and probes the ambiguities and inconsistencies in medical decision making. Based on extensive reviews of medical literature and archives, this historical perspective on medical decision making and risk highlights personal, professional, and community outcomes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David S. Jones\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1421408015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421408019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.18h x 6.35w x 1.05d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2013","brand":"David S. Jones","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48088210407679,"sku":"9781421408019","price":40.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_45307592-259e-4a0f-9fcb-ceaf9908e937.jpg?v=1769103667","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/broken-hearts-david-s-jones-9781421408019","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}