This book analyzes policy fights about what counts as good evidence of safety and effectiveness when it comes to new health care technologies in the United States and what political decisions mean for patients and doctors. Medical technologies often promise to extend and improve quality of life but come with many questions: Are they safe and effective? Are they worth the cost? When should they be allowed on the market, and when should Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance companies be required to pay for drugs, devices, ...
Read More
This book analyzes policy fights about what counts as good evidence of safety and effectiveness when it comes to new health care technologies in the United States and what political decisions mean for patients and doctors. Medical technologies often promise to extend and improve quality of life but come with many questions: Are they safe and effective? Are they worth the cost? When should they be allowed on the market, and when should Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance companies be required to pay for drugs, devices, and diagnostic tests? Using case studies of disputes about the value of mammography screening; genetic testing for disease risk; brain imaging technologies to detect biomarkers associated with Alzheimer's disease; cell-based therapies; and new, expensive drugs, Maschke and Gusmano illustrate how scientific disagreements about what counts as good evidence of safety and effectiveness are often swept up in partisan fights over health care reform and battles among insurance and health care companies, physicians, and patient advocates. Debating Modern Medical Technologies: The Politics of Safety, Effectiveness, and Patient Access reveals stakeholders' differing values and interests regarding patient choice, physician autonomy, risk assessment, government intervention in medicine and technology assessment, and scientific innovation as a driver of national and global economies. It will help readers to understand the nature and complexity of past and current policy disagreements and their effects on patients. Helps readers to understand the political, economic, and ideological dimensions of disputes about health technology assessment and the implications of various policy approaches for patients and the health care system Includes discussion of disputes related to hot topics such as stem cell therapies, mammography screening, genomic tests, breast cancer drugs, and Hepatitis C medications Discusses interest group pressure on government from large pharmaceutical companies and medical device manufacturers Connects to current political rhetoric about speeding up the availability of technology
Read Less
Add this copy of Debating Modern Medical Technologies: the Politics of to cart. $12.05, very good condition, Sold by Midtown Scholar Bookstore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Harrisburg, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2018 by Praeger.
Add this copy of Debating Modern Medical Technologies: The Politics of to cart. $68.05, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2018 by Praeger.
Add this copy of Debating Modern Medical Technologies: the Politics of to cart. $10.51, very good condition, Sold by Books From California rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Simi Valley, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2018 by Praeger.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Very good. Mild to Moderate creasing / bending to covers and pages. Book is otherwise very clean, unmarked and 100% functional. Very Clean Copy-Over 500, 000 Internet Orders Filled.
Add this copy of Debating Modern Medical Technologies: the Politics of to cart. $11.00, new condition, Sold by Marlton Books LLC rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from new york, NY, UNITED STATES, published 2018 by Praeger.
Add this copy of Debating Modern Medical Technologies: the Politics of to cart. $14.00, very good condition, Sold by Dotcom liquidators / dc1 rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Fort Worth, TX, UNITED STATES, published 2018 by Praeger.
Add this copy of Debating Modern Medical Technologies: the Politics of to cart. $14.00, good condition, Sold by Dotcom liquidators / dc1 rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Fort Worth, TX, UNITED STATES, published 2018 by Praeger.
Add this copy of Debating Modern Medical Technologies: the Politics of to cart. $29.40, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2018 by Praeger.
