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Worse Than the Disease: Pitfalls of Medical Progress

Worse Than the Disease: Pitfalls of Medical Progress

Dutton, Diana B.
Diana Barbara, Dutton
Preston, Thomas a.

Paperback

Series: Pitfalls of Medical Progress

Medical ReferenceGeneral Science

ISBN10: 0521395577
ISBN13: 9780521395571
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: May 29 1992
Pages: 548
Weight: 1.60
Height: 1.14 Width: 6.04 Depth: 9.01
Language: English
This book examines four medical innovations that epitomize the pitfalls of progress: DES, a synthetic estrogen prescribed to millions of women to prevent miscarriages, which produced devastating side effects; the artificial heart; the 1976 swine flu immunization program; and genetic engineering. Dutton and the contributors trace the human choices that govern medical and scientific innovation and explore the political, economic, and social factors that influence those choices. In the process, they reveal a deep gulf between the priorities of medical innovation and the concerns of the general public. They then propose concrete policy changes to help bridge that gulf.

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