How Long to Read Debating Modern Medical Technologies

How Long Does it Take to Read Debating Modern Medical Technologies?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 51 minutes to read Debating Modern Medical Technologies by Karen J. Maschke

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

This book analyzes policy fights about what counts as good evidence of safety and effectiveness when it comes to new health care technologies in the United States and what political decisions mean for patients and doctors. Medical technologies often promise to extend and improve quality of life but come with many questions: Are they safe and effective? Are they worth the cost? When should they be allowed on the market, and when should Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance companies be required to pay for drugs, devices, and diagnostic tests? Using case studies of disputes about the value of mammography screening; genetic testing for disease risk; brain imaging technologies to detect biomarkers associated with Alzheimer's disease; cell-based therapies; and new, expensive drugs, Maschke and Gusmano illustrate how scientific disagreements about what counts as good evidence of safety and effectiveness are often swept up in partisan fights over health care reform and battles among insurance and health care companies, physicians, and patient advocates. Debating Modern Medical Technologies: The Politics of Safety, Effectiveness, and Patient Access reveals stakeholders' differing values and interests regarding patient choice, physician autonomy, risk assessment, government intervention in medicine and technology assessment, and scientific innovation as a driver of national and global economies. It will help readers to understand the nature and complexity of past and current policy disagreements and their effects on patients.

How long is Debating Modern Medical Technologies?

Debating Modern Medical Technologies by Karen J. Maschke is 226 pages long, and a total of 57,856 words.

This makes it 76% the length of the average book. It also has 71% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Debating Modern Medical Technologies Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 16 minutes to read Debating Modern Medical Technologies aloud.

What Reading Level is Debating Modern Medical Technologies?

Debating Modern Medical Technologies is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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