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Taming the beloved beast : how medical technology costs are destroying our health care system / Daniel Callahan.

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By: Callahan, Daniel, 1930-.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2009Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: x, 267 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780691142364 (hardcover : alk. paper); 069114236X (hardcover : alk. paper).Subject(s): Medical care, Cost of -- United States | Medical technology -- Economic aspects -- United StatesDDC classification: 338.4/33621
Contents:
Medicare on the ropes -- Taming the beloved beast : medical technology -- Getting serious about costs and technology -- Competition : the fix that will fail -- The cohabitation of medicine and commerce -- "Medical necessity" : an all-but-useless concept -- Redefining "medical necessity" : from individual good to common good -- Getting out from under : the politics of pain.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Medicare on the ropes -- Taming the beloved beast : medical technology -- Getting serious about costs and technology -- Competition : the fix that will fail -- The cohabitation of medicine and commerce -- "Medical necessity" : an all-but-useless concept -- Redefining "medical necessity" : from individual good to common good -- Getting out from under : the politics of pain.

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