The Problem of Health Technology Contributor(s): Lehoux, Pascale (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415953499 ISBN-13: 9780415953498 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $50.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2006 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Medical | Biotechnology - Health & Fitness | Health Care Issues |
Dewey: 362.17 |
LCCN: 2005031274 |
Physical Information: 0.66" H x 6.1" W x 9.02" (0.93 lbs) 266 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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. |