Assessing Medical Technologies

by Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Committee for Evaluating Medical Technologies in Clinical Use, National Research Council

New drugs, new devices, improved surgical techniques, and innovative diagnostic procedures and equipment emerge rapidly. But development of these technologies has outpaced evaluation of their safety, efficacy, cost-effectiveness, and ethical and social consequences. This volume, which is strongly recommended by The New England Journal of Medicine to all those interested in the future of the practice of medicine, examines how new discoveries...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030903583X
• ISBN13: 9780309035835
• Release Date: February 1985
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 3.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 7.7" x 9.9"