Taming the Beloved Beast : : How Medical Technology Costs Are Destroying Our Health Care System / / Daniel Callahan.
Technological innovation is deeply woven into the fabric of American culture, and is no less a basic feature of American health care. Medical technology saves lives and relieves suffering, and is enormously popular with the public, profitable for doctors, and a source of great wealth for industry. Y...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2009] ©2009 |
| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Preface
- Introduction
- CHAPTER 1. Medicare on the Ropes
- CHAPTER 2. Taming the Beloved Beast: Medical Technology
- CHAPTER 3. Getting Serious about Costs and Technology
- CHAPTER 4. Competition: The Fix That Will Fail
- CHAPTER 5. The Cohabitation of Medicine and Commerce
- CHAPTER 6. "Medical Necessity"
- CHAPTER 7. Redefining "Medical Necessity"
- CHAPTER 8. Getting Out from Under: The Politics of Pain
- Coda
- Notes
- Index