Health Policy and Technological Innovation

Name: Health Policy and Technological Innovation
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ISBN: 9780412542503

ISBN-10: 0412542501

ISBN-13: 9780412542503

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Authors: J. M. Newsom-Davis, David Weatherall

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The result of an open Discussion Meeting organized by the Royal Society of London, this volume includes contributions from leading specialists in growing areas of medicine, biotechnology, and the applications of science and technology to health care in general. Topics covered include major clinical areas such as genetics, cancer therapy, transplantation, and imaging, together with considerations of more general subjects such as medical informatics and the management of medical research. The different needs of the developed and the developing worlds are considered in detail. For health care planners and health economists. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book details

List price: $120.95
Publisher: Chapman & Hall
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

David J. Weatherall is Regius Professor of Medicine Emeritus at the University of Oxford and Chancellor at Keele University.



List of contributors


Preface




The developed world




The developing world




Transplantation in the third millenium




The Human Genome Project




Cancer




Imaging the human brain: a new window to normal human performance and disease




Psychopharmacology




Laser techniques for cancer therapy




New vaccines




Health information technology for the third millenium: the legacies of Charles Darwin, Charles Babbage and Adam Smith




Towards research-based health care




Priorities for medical research in the next millenium



Index