Taming the Beloved Beast
ISBN: 9781400830947
Platform/Publisher: Project MUSE / Princeton University Press
Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Chapters; Download: Chapters
Subjects: Insurance; Health Care Costs; Biomedical Technology; Medical technology; Medical care Cost of;

Leading medical ethicist Callahan offers a tough-love solution that may be too stark for most Americans. He argues that the most costly technologies don't necessarily make us healthier. Instead, he suggests prioritizing resources to emphasize prevention; an end to medicalizing life problems; a path to universal health care; and an abrupt end to progress and innovation regardless of cost. Callahan also suggests something more startling-given that he is aged 79: high-tech care should go to those who benefit most-the young. The message is harsh; to discount it may be harsher still. (Oct.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

Daniel Callahan is senior researcher and president emeritus at the Hastings Center, which he cofounded, and an elected member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. His many books include Medicine and the Market .

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