Next medicine : the science and civics of health /

Every year, the average American spends about $7,300 on medical expenses. The typical Canadian pays $2,700, the Briton only $2,000. And yet, according to the World Health Organization, our healthcare system, in terms of total quality, ranks thirty-eighth in the world, right between Costa Rica and Sl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bortz, Walter M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Temas:
Medical care > United States.
Medical technology > United States.
Health care reform > United States.
Medicine, Preventive > United States.
Health care reform.
Delivery of Health Care > trends
Biomedical Technology > trends
Health Care Reform
Preventive Medicine > trends
Technologie médicale > États-Unis.
Services de santé > Réforme > États-Unis.
Médecine préventive > États-Unis.
Services de santé > Réforme.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Health Care Issues.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
MEDICAL > Health Policy.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disease & Health Issues.
MEDICAL > Health Care Delivery.
Health care reform
Medical care
Medical technology
Medicine, Preventive
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Medicine's mission
  • Symptoms
  • Medicine's historical foundations
  • The practice of medicine and the rise of the technological imperative
  • Diagnosing current medicine
  • Current medicine's treatment : next medicine
  • The science of health
  • Unweaving health
  • Tons to ounces : repair to prevention
  • Healthier living and aging : mens sana in corpore sano
  • Closing the loop : healthy death
  • Framing next medicine
  • Next medicine in situ : healthier communities.

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