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Taming the beloved beast : how medical technology costs are destroying our health care system /

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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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Callahan, Daniel, 1930-2019
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Medicare on the ropes -- Taming the beloved beast : medical technology -- Getting serious about costs and technology -- Competition : the fix that will fail -- The cohabitation of medicine and commerce -- "Medical necessity" : an all-but-useless concept -- Redefining "medical necessity" : from individual good to common good -- Getting out from under : the politics of pain. 
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