The Resource Hope or hype : the obsession with medical advances and the high cost of false promises, Richard A. Deyo, Donald L. Patrick
Hope or hype : the obsession with medical advances and the high cost of false promises, Richard A. Deyo, Donald L. Patrick
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The item Hope or hype : the obsession with medical advances and the high cost of false promises, Richard A. Deyo, Donald L. Patrick represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College.
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- Extent
- xvi, 335 p.
- Contents
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- Can there be too much of a good thing? the hazards of uncritically embracing medical advances
- What's the problem? don't we need lifesaving new treatments?
- Medical innovations and American culture: the call of the sirens
- Why more isn't always better: red herrings, side effects, and superbugs
- Why newer isn't always better: unpleasant surprises, recalls, and learning curves
- Social hazards: what we lose by uncritical use of new treatments
- How things really work: opinion makers and regulators of medical advances
- What will you swallow? how drug companies get you to buy more expensive drugs than you may need
- Making friends, playing monopoly, and dirty tricks: other industry strategies
- Stacking the deck? how to get the "right" answer in clinical research
- "Cancer cured--film at 11:00": the media's role in disseminating medical advances
- Doctors and hospitals: fueling the drive for new and more
- Advocacy groups: Mother Teresa's waiting room
- Holes in the safety net: the FDA and the FTC
- Ineffective. inferior or needlessly costly new drugs
- Medical devices that disappoint
- Ineffective or needlessly extensive surgery
- Weight loss technology: shedding pounds from your waistline or your wallet?
- For doctors: evidence-based medicine
- For insurers and researchers: pay now or pay more later
- For all decision makers: getting value for money
- For government: regulatory approaches to improve the dissemination of medical innovations
- For consumers: shared decision making
- Isbn
- 9780814408452
- Label
- Hope or hype : the obsession with medical advances and the high cost of false promises
- Title
- Hope or hype
- Title remainder
- the obsession with medical advances and the high cost of false promises
- Statement of responsibility
- Richard A. Deyo, Donald L. Patrick
- Subject
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- Medical care -- Technological innovations -- United States -- Evaluation
- Medical care -- United States -- Evaluation
- Medical care, Cost of -- United States
- Medical innovations -- Economic aspects -- United States
- Medical innovations -- United States -- Evaluation
- Medical technology -- United States -- Cost effectiveness
- Medical technology -- United States -- Evaluation
- Medical care -- Technological innovations -- United States -- Cost effectiveness
- Language
- eng
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Deyo, Richard A
- Dewey number
- 610/.28
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- RA418.5.M4
- LC item number
- D49 2005
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- NLM call number
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- 2005 C-595
- W 74 AA1
- NLM item number
- D529h 2005
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Patrick, Donald L
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Medical innovations
- Medical technology
- Medical care
- Medical care
- Medical innovations
- Medical technology
- Medical care
- Medical care, Cost of
- Label
- Hope or hype : the obsession with medical advances and the high cost of false promises, Richard A. Deyo, Donald L. Patrick
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-326) and index
- Contents
- Can there be too much of a good thing? the hazards of uncritically embracing medical advances -- What's the problem? don't we need lifesaving new treatments? -- Medical innovations and American culture: the call of the sirens -- Why more isn't always better: red herrings, side effects, and superbugs -- Why newer isn't always better: unpleasant surprises, recalls, and learning curves -- Social hazards: what we lose by uncritical use of new treatments -- How things really work: opinion makers and regulators of medical advances -- What will you swallow? how drug companies get you to buy more expensive drugs than you may need -- Making friends, playing monopoly, and dirty tricks: other industry strategies -- Stacking the deck? how to get the "right" answer in clinical research -- "Cancer cured--film at 11:00": the media's role in disseminating medical advances -- Doctors and hospitals: fueling the drive for new and more -- Advocacy groups: Mother Teresa's waiting room -- Holes in the safety net: the FDA and the FTC -- Ineffective. inferior or needlessly costly new drugs -- Medical devices that disappoint -- Ineffective or needlessly extensive surgery -- Weight loss technology: shedding pounds from your waistline or your wallet? -- For doctors: evidence-based medicine -- For insurers and researchers: pay now or pay more later -- For all decision makers: getting value for money -- For government: regulatory approaches to improve the dissemination of medical innovations -- For consumers: shared decision making
- Control code
- ocm56591961
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xvi, 335 p.
- Isbn
- 9780814408452
- Lccn
- 2004022295
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o56591961
- (Sirsi) o56591961
- Label
- Hope or hype : the obsession with medical advances and the high cost of false promises, Richard A. Deyo, Donald L. Patrick
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-326) and index
- Contents
- Can there be too much of a good thing? the hazards of uncritically embracing medical advances -- What's the problem? don't we need lifesaving new treatments? -- Medical innovations and American culture: the call of the sirens -- Why more isn't always better: red herrings, side effects, and superbugs -- Why newer isn't always better: unpleasant surprises, recalls, and learning curves -- Social hazards: what we lose by uncritical use of new treatments -- How things really work: opinion makers and regulators of medical advances -- What will you swallow? how drug companies get you to buy more expensive drugs than you may need -- Making friends, playing monopoly, and dirty tricks: other industry strategies -- Stacking the deck? how to get the "right" answer in clinical research -- "Cancer cured--film at 11:00": the media's role in disseminating medical advances -- Doctors and hospitals: fueling the drive for new and more -- Advocacy groups: Mother Teresa's waiting room -- Holes in the safety net: the FDA and the FTC -- Ineffective. inferior or needlessly costly new drugs -- Medical devices that disappoint -- Ineffective or needlessly extensive surgery -- Weight loss technology: shedding pounds from your waistline or your wallet? -- For doctors: evidence-based medicine -- For insurers and researchers: pay now or pay more later -- For all decision makers: getting value for money -- For government: regulatory approaches to improve the dissemination of medical innovations -- For consumers: shared decision making
- Control code
- ocm56591961
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xvi, 335 p.
- Isbn
- 9780814408452
- Lccn
- 2004022295
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o56591961
- (Sirsi) o56591961
Subject
- Medical care -- Technological innovations -- United States -- Evaluation
- Medical care -- United States -- Evaluation
- Medical care, Cost of -- United States
- Medical innovations -- Economic aspects -- United States
- Medical innovations -- United States -- Evaluation
- Medical technology -- United States -- Cost effectiveness
- Medical technology -- United States -- Evaluation
- Medical care -- Technological innovations -- United States -- Cost effectiveness
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