Taming the beloved beast : how medical technology costs are destroying our health care system / Daniel Callahan.
By: Callahan, Daniel
.
Material type: 
TextPublisher: 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 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 338.433621 C130 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003705761 |
Browsing Davenport Library shelves, Shelving location: Circulating Collection, Collection: Print-Circulating Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)
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.
There are no comments on this title.