The image and the reality
a case-study of the impacts of medical technology
Edición de la obra The image and the reality
| Autor | Barbara Stocking |
|---|---|
| Editorial | Published for the Nuffield Provincial Hospitals Trust by the Oxford University Press |
| Fecha de publicación | 1978 |
| Lugar | Oxford, New York |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 80 |
| ISBN-10 | 0197212204 |
| OCLC | 4807884 |
| LCCN | 78325997 |
| Número de Cutter | S864i |
A study which casts doubts on the present arrangements for correlating cost-benefit assessments with technological advances. It argues that some technologies in the future will be so costly in relation to benefits that society will be forced to renounce them.