In sickness and in health : the future of medicine : added value & global access / editor, Marleen Wynants ; editorial board, Lieven Annemans [and five others] ; book designer Liz Morrison.

Format:

Book

Series:

Crosstalks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical care.

Health services accessibility.

Biology--Research.

Biology.

Pharmaceutical industry.

Medical economics.

Needs assessment.

World health.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (268 p.)

Place of Publication:

Brussels, Belgium : VUBPress, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Explaining the innovative, radical, and aggressive approaches towards a more effective and efficient public health care, this definitive guide wraps up the series of seminars, workshops, and publications from CROSSTALKS--Vrije Universiteit Brussel's university and industry network that aims to bridge the gap between the academic and industrial world. This account examines the information gathered from 2005 to 2008 and discusses the contemporary challenges as well as the advances in medicine. Seeking to generate an open dialog about the world of health care, this compilation brings together voices from academic, political, corporate, and patient communities that want to engage in a collaborative exploration of the future of public health care.

Contents:

""Front ""; ""Table of contents""; ""Part one""; ""The Future of Health Care � A Global Perspective""; ""Unmet medical needs: only cooperation between all partners will lead to solutions""; ""Access to innovative medicines and orphan drugs""; ""The Increasing Need for Independent Research""; ""The cost and added value of personalized medicine""; ""Breaking the deadlock of budgetary autism: what are the paradigms for future health care organization in Belgium?""; ""Part two""; ""WILLINGNESS TO PAY AND SOLIDARITY""; ""Notes from a Traveler on the Road to Cell Therapy in Diabetes""

""Sharing responsibility in the discovery, development and delivery of medicines""""Why health care systems are not patient-centered and what this means""; ""PHYSICIANS AND THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY : A SENSITIVE ISSUE""; ""Part three""; ""Common goals to guarantee accessible health care: a potential win-win situation or just a (bad) dream ?""; ""Co-Payment and Future Socio-Fiscal Models""; ""Why We Need A New Approach to Pharmaceutical Innovation: A Pragmatic Answer to a Moral Question""; ""Challenges and opportunities of Cancer clinical research at Pan-European Level""

""Open source drug discovery: the Tropical Disease Initiative""""EPILOGUE""; ""Cradle to Grave""; ""LIST OF PICTURES""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 29, 2013).

OCLC:

922966332