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Hope or Hype : the Obsession with Medical Advances and the High Cost of False Promises.
Hope or Hype' looks at what drives the American obsession with medical "miracles," revealing the roles of: equipment manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies; doctors and hospitals too quick to order surgery or expensive medications; the politicians; the press; and our own "tec...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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AMACOM Books
2005.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Cover -- TOC36;Contents -- Preface58; Disillusioned Insiders -- Acknowledgments -- Part I Can There Be Too Much of a Good Thing63; The Hazards of Uncritically Embracing Medical Advances -- CH36;1 Whats the Problem63;58; Dont We Need Lifesaving New Treatments63; -- CH36;2 Medical Innovations and American Culture58; The Call of the Sirens -- CH36;3 Why More Isnt Always Better58; Red Herrings44; Side Effects44; and Superbugs -- CH36;4 Why Newer Isnt Always Better58; Unpleasant Surprises44; Recalls44; and Learning Curves -- CH36;5 Social Hazards58; What We Lose by Uncritical Use of New Treatments -- Part II How Things Really Work58; Opinion Makers and Regulators of Medical Advances -- CH36;6 What Will You Swallow63;58; How Drug Companies Get You to Buy More Expensive Drugs Than You May Need -- CH36;7 Making Friends44; Playing Monopoly44; and Dirty Tricks58; Other Industry Strategies -- CH36;8 Stacking the Deck63;58; How to Get the 8220;Right8221; Answer in Clinical Research -- CH36;9 8220;Cancer Cured45;Film at 1158;008221;58; The Medias Role in Disseminating Medical Advances -- CH36;10 Doctors and Hospitals58; Fueling the Drive for New and More -- CH36;11 Advocacy Groups58; Mother Teresas Waiting Room -- CH36;12 Holes in the Safety Net58; The FDA and the FTC -- Part III Useless44; Harmful44; or Marginal58; Popular Treatments That Caused Unnecessary Disability44; Dollar Costs44; or Death -- CH36;13 Ineffective44; Inferior44; or Needlessly Costly New Drugs -- CH36;14 Medical Devices That Disappoint -- CH36;15 Ineffective or Needlessly Extensive Surgery -- CH36;16 Weight Loss Technology58; Shedding Pounds from Your Waistline or Your Wallet63; -- Part IV Crossing the Threshold58; Improving the Transition from 8220;Experimental8221; to 8220;Standard Care8221; -- CH36;17 For Doctors58; Evidence45;Based Medicine -- CH36;18 For Insurers and Researchers58; Pay Now or Pay More Later -- CH36;19 For All Decision Makers58; Getting Value for Money -- CH36;20 For Government58; Regulatory Approaches to Improve the Dissemination of Medical Innovations -- CH36;21 For Consumers58; Shared Decision Making -- References -- IDX36;Index -- About the Authors -- Last Page. | |
| 520 | |a Hope or Hype' looks at what drives the American obsession with medical "miracles," revealing the roles of: equipment manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies; doctors and hospitals too quick to order surgery or expensive medications; the politicians; the press; and our own "technoconsumption" mindset. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-326) and index. | ||
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