Strategy for the future of health / / edited by Renata G. Bushko

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Washington, DC, : IOS Press, c2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (428 p.)
• Disciplina: 610; 613
• Soggetto topico: Public health; Public health administration; Health services administration; Medical informatics; Nanomedicine; Medical technology
• Altri autori: BushkoRenata Glowacka
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Title page; Preface; Acknowledgements; About the Future of Health Technology Institute; Contents; Goals and Synthesis; Health Care Strategy for the Future - General Directions; Strategy for Future of e-Health: Technologically Connected Consumers & Machines; Life Extension Strategy - Longer Lives and New Life Forms; Nano-Strategy - Extending Human Potential with Nanomedicine; Strategy for General Wellness - Emotional and Physical Fitness; Biographies of Chapter Authors; Author Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Examines the horizon of ideas and technologies which must be addressed by decision makers involved in health-related resource allocation. This book addresses the technological revolution in healthcare which is manifesting itself in the convergence of molecular biology, computer and medical science, mechanical, genetic and biomedical engineering.
• Titolo autorizzato: Strategy for the future of health
• ISBN: 6612454660; 1-282-45466-8; 9786612454660; 1-60750-461-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910653821803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in health technology and informatics ; ; v. 149.