Is Medicine Still Good for Us?

Julian Sheather, Matthew Taylor (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

144 Seiten

2019
Thames & Hudson Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-500-29458-1 (ISBN)

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One of two new titles in Thames & Hudson’s ‘Big Idea’ series, this lucid analysis lays out the debate surrounding the escalating costs, both financial and ethical, of medicine in the modern world.

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Modern medicine is exceptionally powerful, and has achieved unprecedented successes. But it comes at a price; individuals suffer from medicine’s failures, and the economic costs of medicine are now stratospheric. Have we got the balance wrong?

Is Medicine Still Good For Us? sets out the facts about our medical establishments in a clear, engaging style, interrogating the ethics of modern practices and the impact they have on all our lives.

Julian Sheather is a writer and ethicist. He is also a consultant and adviser in ethics and human rights to several leading national and international medical organisations.

Introduction • 1. The Development of Medicine • 2. How Effective is Medicine? • 3. The Medicalization of Living and Dying • 4. Is Medicine Harmful and Unjust? • Conclusion

Erscheinungsdatum	13.04.2019
Reihe/Serie	The Big Idea
Zusatzinfo	with over 160 illustrations; 200 Illustrations, color
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	330 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
ISBN-10	0-500-29458-5 / 0500294585
ISBN-13	978-0-500-29458-1 / 9780500294581
Zustand	Neuware