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Medical technology and society : an interdisciplinary perspective

Title
Medical technology and society : an interdisciplinary perspective / Joseph D. Bronzino, Vincent H. Smith, and Maurice L. Wade.
Author
Bronzino, Joseph D., 1937-
Publication
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1990.

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Additional Authors
  • Smith, Vincent H.
  • Wade, Maurice L.
Description
xii, 571 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Summary
Surveying the current state-of-the-art in medical technology, this book shows how the appearance of new technologies has dramatically advanced the quality of health care, but has also introduced complex ethical and economic concerns. The authors provide an inter-disciplinary exposition of the promise and problems associated with high-tech medicine. ISBN 0-262-02300-8: $29.95.
Series Statement
New liberal arts series
Uniform Title
New liberal arts series
Subject
  • Medical technology > Social aspects
  • Medical technology > Moral and ethical aspects
  • Social medicine
  • Medical economics
  • Technology Assessment, Biomedical
  • Delivery of Health Care > trends
  • Economics, Medical
  • Social Medicine
  • Medical economics
  • Medical technology > Moral and ethical aspects
  • Medical technology > Social aspects
  • Social medicine
  • Gesundheitsökonomie
  • Medizinische Ethik
  • Medizintechnik
  • Medische techniek
  • Sociale verantwoordelijkheid
  • United States
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN
  • 0262023008
  • 9780262023009
LCCN
89013410
OCLC
  • ocm20452947
  • 20452947
  • SCSB-1890594
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library