Author
Deyo, Richard A.
Title
Hope or hype : the obsession with medical advances and the high cost of false promises / Richard A. Deyo, Donald L. Patrick.
Published
New York : AMACOM, American Management Association, c2005.
Format
Book
Description
xvi, 335 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Link
Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip051/2004022295.html
Notes
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.
ISBN
0814408451
Subject
Medical innovations -- United States -- Evaluation.
Medical technology -- United States -- Evaluation.
Medical care -- Technological innovations -- United States -- Evaluation.
Medical care -- United States -- Evaluation.
Medical innovations -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Medical technology -- United States -- Cost effectiveness.
Medical care -- Technological innovations -- United States -- Cost effectiveness.
Medical care, Cost of -- United States.
Technology Assessment, Biomedical -- United States.
Diffusion of Innovation -- United States.
Evaluation Studies -- United States.
Technology, Medical -- economics -- United States.
Therapeutics -- economics -- United States.
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