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What price better health? : hazards of the research imperative / Daniel Callahan.
LIBRA R853.S64 C35 2003
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Callahan, Daniel, 1930-2019.
- Series:
- California/Milbank books on health and the public ; 9.
- California/Milbank books on health and the public ; 9
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medicine--Research--Social aspects--United States.
- Medicine.
- Research.
- Medicine--Research--Social aspects.
- Medicine--Research.
- United States.
- Ethics, Research.
- Morals.
- Medical Subjects:
- Research.
- United States.
- Ethics, Research.
- Morals.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 329 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press ; New York : Milbank Memorial Fund, [2003]
- Summary:
- Callahan argues that medical research is a sacred cow in US health care, to the point that it absorbs resources that might better be used for other health care priorities, such as improving the overall state of public health. He has a long track record of writing about health care for a general audience. The book is likely to be controversial.
- Contents:
- The emergence and growth of the research imperative
- Protecting the integrity of science
- Is research a moral obligation?
- Curing the sick, helping the suffering, enhancing the well
- Assessing risks and benefits
- Using humans for research
- Pluralism, balance, and controversy
- Doing good and doing well
- Advocacy and priorities for research
- Research and the public interest.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-308) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0520227719
- OCLC:
- 51607149
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