Worse Than the Disease Pitfalls of Medical Progress

Name: Worse Than the Disease Pitfalls of Medical Progress
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ISBN: 9780521395571

ISBN-10: 0521395577

ISBN-13: 9780521395571

Edition: N/A

Authors: Diana B. Dutton, Thomas A. Preston, Nancy E. Pfund

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This book examines four medical innovations that epitomize the pitfalls of progress: DES, a synthetic estrogen prescribed to millions of women to prevent miscarriages, which produced devastating side effects; the artificial heart; the 1976 swine flu immunization program; and genetic engineering. Dutton and the contributors trace the human choices that govern medical and scientific innovation and explore the political, economic, and social factors that influence those choices. In the process, they reveal a deep gulf between the priorities of medical innovation and the concerns of the general public. They then propose concrete policy changes to help bridge that gulf.

Book details

List price: $61.99
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 5/29/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 548
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 1.22" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


List of abbreviations



Overview



Introduction



Where are we and how did we get there?



Four Case Studies



DES and the elusive goal of drug safety



The artificial heart Thomas A. Preston



The swine flu immunization program



Genetic engineering: science and social responsibility Diana B. Dutton and Nancy E. Pfund



Lessons, Questions and Challenges



Risks and rights



Compensating the injuries of medical innovation



What is fair? Medical innovation and justice



The role of the public



What is possible? towards medical progress in the public interest


Notes


Index