The sorcerer's broom: medicine's rampant technology

Title

The sorcerer's broom: medicine's rampant technology

Creator

Cassell EJ

Identifier

Publisher

The Hastings Center Report

Date

1993

Subject

Humans; Attitude to Health; Attitude of Health Personnel; Social Values; Risk Assessment; Reproducibility of Results; Power (Psychology); Ethics; Uncertainty; Medical; Physicians/psychology; Diffusion of Innovation; Health Care and Public Health; Technology; science; Dehumanization

Description

Discusses the impact of technology on the practice of medicine. Effect of technology to medical inflation; Influence of technology on the attempt to reform the health care system and on the redirection of the goals of health care system; Problems related to medical technology; Technological solutions to medical problems, Pitfalls of technology as it relates to medical practice.
1993

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Type

Journal Article

Citation List Month

Backlog

Citation

Cassell EJ, “The sorcerer's broom: medicine's rampant technology,” Pediatric Palliative Care Library, accessed April 24, 2024, https://pedpalascnetlibrary.omeka.net/items/show/11759.