Technology and the Doctor-Patient Relationship

Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-1-4766-7520-6
Verlag: McFarland

Buch, Englisch, 210 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 430 g

Reihe: McFarland Health Topics

Medicine is an ancient profession that advances as each generation of practitioners passes it down to the next. It remains a distinguished, flawed and rewarding vocation—but it may be coming to an end as we know it.

Computer algorithms promise patients better access, safer therapies and more predictable outcomes. Technology reduces costs, designs more effective and personalized treatments and diminishes fraud and waste. Balanced against these miraculous developments is the risk that medical professionals will forget their primary responsibility is to their patients, not to a template of care.

Written for anyone who has considered a career in health care—and for any patient who has had an office visit where a provider spent more time doing data-entry than examining them—this book weighs the benefits of emerging technologies against the limitations of traditional systems to envision a future where both doctors and patients are better-informed consumers of health care tools.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lozar, D. C.

Moore, Elaine A.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Komplementäre Medizin, Asiatische Medizin (TCM), Heilpraktiker

Über Autor(innen)

D.C. Lozar, M.D., worked for the National Institute for Health (N.I.H.) in neurobiology research, at Columbus Hospital in downtown Chicago as a surgical resident, and at Cook County in trauma surgery before pursuing family practice and spending the last twenty years honing his skills as a physician in primary care. He lives in Carlsbad, California.

Elaine A. Moore has worked in hospital laboratories for more than 30 years, primarily in immunohematology and toxicology. She is a freelance medical writer and laboratory consultant.