Title page; Preface; Acknowledgements; About the Future of Health Technology Institute; Contents; Goals and Synthesis; Health Care Strategy for the Future -- General Directions; Strategy for Future of e-Health: Technologically Connected Consumers & Machines; Life Extension Strategy -- Longer Lives and New Life Forms; Nano-Strategy -- Extending Human Potential with Nanomedicine; Strategy for General Wellness -- Emotional and Physical Fitness; Biographies of Chapter Authors; Author Index.
Summary
Examines the horizon of ideas and technologies which must be addressed by decision makers involved in health-related resource allocation. This book addresses the technological revolution in healthcare which is manifesting itself in the convergence of molecular biology, computer and medical science, mechanical, genetic and biomedical engineering.
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