The emerging picture of medicine looks gloriously sunny for the 21st century, promising untold rewards for humanity’s future health. The 20th century, in contrast, has proved disappointing in eradicating disease. Surgery today, still in the Dark Ages, relies on scalpels and other such Medieval tools. Is the end of illness within our grasp for the next century?Alexandra Wyke—a correspondent for The Economist and one of the world’s most experienced medical journalists—traveled the globe in search of an answer to the future of medicine. She interviewed the most celebrated and innovative doctors, researchers, and medical scientists, and visited their laboratories. What she discovered is revealed in this astonishing work through her observant eye and splendid prose. Cancer, heart disease, and devastating ailments, she predicts, will be blights of the past.One of the greatest revolutions in medicine will be created by the advances in computers and telecommunications. Surgery, we learn, will be performed from afar. After too many years, medicine is at long last poised to absorb and exploit the triumphs of the computer and the information revolution.This comprehensive, ”must read” book not only illuminates the seemingly miraculous cures and advances that may soon prevail, but delineates how this wealth of stunning innovation will serve to shake up and streamline the entire health care industry.Wyke introduces us to the wonders that await us:
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Despite galloping advances in technology, medical expenses rise out of control--and yet mortality rates aren't dropping as might be expected, nor is the quality of life fast improving. In 21st Century Miracle Medicine, Alexandra Wyke examines the technologies that promise to change the dynamics of medicine--and, equally important, what systemic changes will be necessary to see them implemented. Wyke makes a compelling case that technologies such as robotic surgeons, telesurgery (operating at a distance, controlling instruments from afar), and the digitization of patient information promise radical long-term reductions in the cost and intrusiveness of medical procedures. These developments will also change the health care profession and particularly the role of its practitioners. Some of Wyke's scenarios--such as the eradication of most infectious diseases by 2050--seem optimistic, but on the whole the book is well researched and sensibly argued.
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Each year, more money is showered on our healthcare than during the course of the preceding twelve months. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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United States, Professor Inui, The Economist, Imperial College, John Evermore, National Institutes of Health, New York, Professor Kaplan, National Health Service, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, General Electric, Los Angeles, The Times, Financial Times, Human Genome Project, John Wickham, Professor Delbanco, Professor Kitney, Professor Wennberg, San Francisco, University of California, Health Online, Integrated Surgical Systems, Profiles of the Future, Sir James New!
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medical manufacturers, telepresence surgery, healthcare bills, social healing, human genetic engineering, gene drugs Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Professor Inui, The Economist, Imperial College, John Evermore, National Institutes of Health, New York, Professor Kaplan, National Health Service, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, General Electric, Los Angeles, The Times, Financial Times, Human Genome Project, John Wickham, Professor Delbanco, Professor Kitney, Professor Wennberg, San Francisco, University of California, Health Online, Integrated Surgical Systems, Profiles of the Future, Sir James New!
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- Profiles of the Future by Arthur C. Clarke on 8 pages
- The Road Ahead (Penguin Readers, Level 3) by Gates on page 47, and Back Matter
- The Alarming History of Medicine: Amusing Anecdotes from Hippocrates to Heart Transplants by Richard Gordon on page 37, and Back Matter
- The Third Wave by Alvin Toffler in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Human Gene Therapy by Eve Nichols in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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