1st Edition
Medicine And Society Clinical Decisions And Societal Values
Edited By Eli Ginzberg
Copyright 1987
165 Pages
by
Routledge
166 Pages
by
Routledge
166 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book, based on the Third Conference on Health Policy, is derived from those discussions that identified as a fundamental issue the translation of societal values into health care objectives and the formulation of mechanisms by which these objectives could guide the clinical decision-making.
1. The Setting 2. A Twentieth Century Retrospective 3. Allocating Health Care Resources: How Can We Ensure Access to Essential Care? 4. Alternative Treatments and Outcomes for Patients with Cardiovascular Diseases 5. A Catastrophic Disease Perspective on Organ Transplantation 6. Aging Reconsidered: Emerging Research and Policy Issues 7. The New Genetics and the Future Practice of Medicine 8. Themes and Policies
