Medicine and the Arts Week 1 - On heart transplants

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2015-01-21

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http://hdl.handle.net/11427/38672
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On heart transplants.mp4 (100.56 MB)

Week_1_Step_1.7_On_heart_transplants.pdf (376.48 KB)
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Brink, Johan
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In this video, Johan Brink, discusses how his perspective on heart transplantation is informed by his experience as a cardiac surgeon. He emphasises the centrality of the heart for being human: physically, as an organ which keeps our bodies alive and emotionally, as a symbol of our feelings of love. He also notes that that a heart transplant is a complex medical procedure that raises a number of ethical questions. This is the fourth video in Week 1 of the Medicine and the Arts Massive Open Online Course.
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medicine and the arts
heart transplant
cardiac surgery
symbolism of the heart
ethics

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Brink, J. 2015. Medicine and the Arts Week 1 - On heart transplants. [MOOC]. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/38672

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