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Apr 2, 2009 · April 2, 2009. End Of Life Care In America, A Doctor's Diagnosis. Author, doctor and bioethicist Robert Martensen has treated an estimated 75,000 patients in the emergency room and the ICU. In his new book, A Life Worth Living Martensen presents case studies that illustrate the problems and complexities of American health care system. 44:42. Queue.
Nov 2011. How Medicare and Hospitals Have Shaped American Health Care. Robert Martensen, MD, PhD. Citation. For most physicians and surgeons, cultivating good relationships with hospitals only became important in the twentieth century. Late-nineteenth-century advice books on professionalism for physicians seldom mentioned hospitals, for example.
Apr 1, 2001 · A Short History of Medical Ethics. New York, Oxford University Press, 1999. xi, 153 pp. $34.95. © 2001 OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS. Citations. ? Views. 191. Altmetric. ROBERT MARTENSEN; The History of Bioethics: An Essay Review*, Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Volume 56, Issue 2, 1 April 2001, Pag.
Sep 2, 2008 · Robert Martensen, a physician, historian, and ethicist, draws on decades of experience with patients and friends to explore the life cycle of serious illness, from diagnosis to end of life. He connects personal stories with reflections upon mortality, human agency, and the value of “cutting-edge” technology in caring for the critically ill.
About the Author. A physician, historian, and bioethicist, Robert Martensen has held several professorships. Recently he joined the National Institutes of Health as director of its Office of History and Museum. In 2002 he received a Guggenheim Fellowship.
Robert Martensen, a physician, historian, and ethicist, draws on decades of experience with patients and friends to explore the life cycle of serious illness, from diagnosis to end of life. He...
Oct 30, 2012 · For more than 60 years, Robert Martensen ’s lung cells replicated without a hitch, regulated by specialized enzymes called kinases. Much like thermostats that adjust the temperature in a room to make sure it’s not too hot or too cold, kinases make sure that the right number of new cells are created as old ones die.
