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Author Callahan, Daniel, 1930-2019

Title Taming the beloved beast : how medical technology costs are destroying our health care system / Daniel Callahan.

Publication Info. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2009]
©2009

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Location Call No. Status
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  338.4 CAL    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  338.433 C13    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  362.1 CA    Check Shelf
Description x, 267 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-255) and index.
Contents Medicare on the ropes -- Taming the beloved beast : medical technology -- Getting serious about costs and technology -- Competition : the fix that will fail -- The cohabitation of medicine and commerce -- "Medical necessity" : an all-but-useless concept -- Redefining "medical necessity" : from individual good to common good -- Getting out from under : the politics of pain.
Subject Medical care, Cost of -- United States.
Medical technology -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Biomedical Technology -- economics -- United States.
Health Care Costs -- United States.
Insurance -- economics -- United States.
ISBN 9780691142364 hardcover alkaline paper
069114236X hardcover alkaline paper
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