Explores how the technologies of medicine are created and how we respond to the problems and successes of their use. Reiser leads us through the ways medical innovations exert their influence by discussing a number of selected technologies including the X-ray, ultrasound, and respirator. He discusses how health care is practiced in the United States and thereby suggests new approaches to effectively meet the challenges of living with technological medicine. From book jacket.
In this volume the development and diffusion of medical technologies are described as well as the policy questions arising from technological development. Furthermore, it is explained how the results of economic evaluation or, more broadly, technology assessment can support policy-making at various levels of decision-making in health care. A large section of the book is devoted to the methodology of technology assessment as a discipline, and outlines are given for methodological challenges to be tackled in the future. Finally, the book provides an evaluation of the role of ethics and of economics training in relation to the rational use of medical technology.
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