The Problem of Health Technology: Policy Implications for Modern Health Care Systems

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pp. xxxviii 266.”Health technology is a pivotal locus of change and controversy in health care systems, and The Problem of Health Technology offers a comprehensive and novel analysis of the topic. The book illuminates the scientific and policy arguments that are currently deployed in industrialized countries by addressing the perspectives of clinicians, health care managers, scholars, policymakers, patients, and industry. And by establishing a dialogue between two interdisciplinary fields–Health Technology Assessment and Science and Technology Studies–Pascale Lehoux argues for re-centering the debate around social and political questions rather than questions of affordability, thereby developing an alternative framework for thinking about the implications of health technology.”

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ISBN 415953499
Published Date 2006
Book Condition Very Good
Jacket Condition Paperback
Binding Softcover
Size 8vo
Place of Publication New York
Edition First Edition
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pp. xxxviii 266.”Health technology is a pivotal locus of change and controversy in health care systems, and The Problem of Health Technology offers a comprehensive and novel analysis of the topic. The book illuminates the scientific and policy arguments that are currently deployed in industrialized countries by addressing the perspectives of clinicians, health care managers, scholars, policymakers, patients, and industry. And by establishing a dialogue between two interdisciplinary fields–Health Technology Assessment and Science and Technology Studies–Pascale Lehoux argues for re-centering the debate around social and political questions rather than questions of affordability, thereby developing an alternative framework for thinking about the implications of health technology.”

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Weight 0.85 kg