Medicine and Society: Clinical Decisions and Societal Values

ISBN-13: 9780367005597 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 166 str.

Ginzberg, Eli

Opis

This book is an outcome of the Third Conference in Cornell University Medical College on Health Policy. The intent of the conferences has been to probe in depth major issues that have the potential of altering in fundamental ways the structure of medicine.

Spis treści

Foreword -- The Setting -- A Twentieth Century Retrospective -- Allocating Health Care Resources: How Can We Ensure Access to Essential Care? -- Alternative Treatments and Outcomes for Patients with Cardiovascular Diseases -- A Catastrophic Disease Perspective on Organ Transplantation -- Aging Reconsidered: Emerging Research and Policy Issues -- The New Genetics and the Future Practice of Medicine -- Themes and Policies -- Cornell University Medical College Third Conference on Health Policy