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The Goals of Medicine. The Forgotten Issues in Health Care Reform.
Mark J. Hanson
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Description for The Goals of Medicine. The Forgotten Issues in Health Care Reform.
Paperback. Asks basic questions about the purposes and ends of medicine and shows that the answers have practical implications for health care delivery, medical research, and the education of medical students. This book touches on a range of diverse issues such as genetic technology, Chinese medicine, care of the elderly, and prevention and public health. Editor(s): Hanson, Mark J.; Callahan, Daniel. Series: Hastings Center Studies in Ethics Series. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
Debates over health care have focused for so long on economics that the proper goals for medicine seem to be taken for granted; yet problems in health care stem as much from a lack of agreement about the goals and priorities of medicine as from the way systems function. This book asks basic questions about the purposes and ends of medicine and shows that the answers have practical implications for future health care delivery, medical research, and the education of medical students. The Hastings Center coordinated teams of physicians, nurses, public health experts, philosophers, theologians, politicians, health care administrators, social ... Read more
Debates over health care have focused for so long on economics that the proper goals for medicine seem to be taken for granted; yet problems in health care stem as much from a lack of agreement about the goals and priorities of medicine as from the way systems function. This book asks basic questions about the purposes and ends of medicine and shows that the answers have practical implications for future health care delivery, medical research, and the education of medical students. The Hastings Center coordinated teams of physicians, nurses, public health experts, philosophers, theologians, politicians, health care administrators, social ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Series
Hastings Center Studies in Ethics Series
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Washington, DC, United States
ISBN
9780878408450
SKU
V9780878408450
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About Mark J. Hanson
Mark J. Hanson is the associate for ethics and society at the Hastings Center. The co-founder and former president of the Hastings Center, Daniel Callahan is currently the director of international programs for the Hastings Center and author of The Troubled Dream of Life, Setting Limits: Medical Goals in an Aging Society and What Kind of Life?: The Limits ... Read more
Reviews for The Goals of Medicine. The Forgotten Issues in Health Care Reform.
This is quite simply a splendid book. It enhances the reputation of those who wrote it, of Daniel Callahan who conceived it, and the already high reputation of the Hastings Center ... Well-produced and attractive to read, this book is one that thinking people will love ... This fine book should be on every medical bookshelf. Bioethics