An edition of Taming the beloved beast: how medical technology costs are destroying our health care system (2009)

Taming the beloved beast

how medical technology costs are destroying our health care system

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Princeton University Press
Language
English
Pages
280

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Subjects

Economics, Biomedical Technology, Cost of Medical care, Health Care Costs, Medical technology, Insurance, Economic aspects of Medical technology, Black Panther Party, Interviews, African American radicals, Biography, Medical care, cost of

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Table of Contents

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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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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338.4/33621
Library of Congress
RA410.53 .C353 2009, RA410.53.C353 2009

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Pagination
p. ;
Number of pages
280

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OL23147792M
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9780691142364
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2009001503
OCLC/WorldCat
299126310
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9001310
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6782073

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