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The Need for Teaching Artificial Organ Technology in Medicine: Learning from the Kidney
Author(s) -
Bonomini Vittorio
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
artificial organs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.684
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1525-1594
pISSN - 0160-564X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1594.1988.tb02744.x
Subject(s) - renal replacement therapy , medicine , kidney , intensive care medicine , quality (philosophy) , artificial kidney , medical education , philosophy , epistemology
In organ replacement therapy, there are lessons to be learned from the biological, clinical, social, and educational implications of renal replacement therapy, the kidney being first among other organs in the quality and quantity of therapy. In the light of the teaching potential of these lessons, no pre‐or postgraduate educational reforms can afford to ignore the fruit of 20 years, of renal replacement therapy.