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Beginnings Count: the Technological Imperative in American Health Care - 1st Edition/1st Printing Hardcover - 1997

by Rothman, David J

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New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1997. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0195111184 . A Fine first edition/first printing housed in a lightly worn Near Fine dust-jacket; David Rothman's book, "Beginnings Count: The Technological Imperative in American Health Care" argues that the United States must embrace technological advances in order to improve the nation's health care system. Rothman asserts that advances in technology are necessary to achieve efficiencies in health care, reduce the cost of care, and improve the quality of care. He offers specific examples of how technology can be used to improve health care delivery, such as electronic health records and artificial intelligence. Rothman argues that if the United States is to maintain its status as one of the world's leading economies, it must embrace technological advances in health care.; 8vo; 189 pages .
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  • Title Beginnings Count: the Technological Imperative in American Health Care - 1st Edition/1st Printing
  • Author Rothman, David J
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition; First Printing
  • Condition Used - Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
  • Pages 208
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford
  • Date 1997
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 55456
  • ISBN 9780195111187 / 0195111184
  • Weight 0.92 lbs (0.42 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.54 x 5.79 x 0.83 in (21.69 x 14.71 x 2.11 cm)
  • Themes
    • Topical: Health & Fitness
  • Library of Congress subjects Medical care - United States - Public opinion, Medical policy - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 96046368
  • Dewey Decimal Code 362.109

About the author

David J. Rothman is Bernard Schoenberg Professor of Social Medicine, Professor of History, and Director of the Center for the Study of Society and Medicine at the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons. Trained in social history at Harvard University, he has explored American practices toward the deviant and dependent. In 1987 he received an honrary Doctor of Law degree from the John Jay School of Criminal Justice. In 1983 he joined the Columbia medical school faculty and his recent work has addressed the history of bioethics and human experimentation along with the social policy implications of organ donation and care at the end of life. Among the books he has authored are The Discovery of the Asylum (1971) and Strangers at the Bedside (1991). He has also co-authored The Oxford History of the Prison (1995).

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