The technology of medicine
L Thomas - New England Journal of Medicine, 1971 - Mass Medical Soc
L Thomas
New England Journal of Medicine, 1971•Mass Medical SocTECHNOLOGY assessment has become a routine exercise for the scientific enterprises on
which the country is obliged to spend vast sums for its needs. Brainy committees are
continually evaluating the effectiveness and cost of doing various things in space, defense,
energy, transportation and the like, to give advice about prudent investments for the future.
Somehow medicine, for all the 60-odd billion dollars that it is said to cost the nation, has not
yet come in for much of this analytical treatment. It seems taken for granted that the …
which the country is obliged to spend vast sums for its needs. Brainy committees are
continually evaluating the effectiveness and cost of doing various things in space, defense,
energy, transportation and the like, to give advice about prudent investments for the future.
Somehow medicine, for all the 60-odd billion dollars that it is said to cost the nation, has not
yet come in for much of this analytical treatment. It seems taken for granted that the …
TECHNOLOGY assessment has become a routine exercise for the scientific enterprises on which the country is obliged to spend vast sums for its needs. Brainy committees are continually evaluating the effectiveness and cost of doing various things in space, defense, energy, transportation and the like, to give advice about prudent investments for the future.
Somehow medicine, for all the 60-odd billion dollars that it is said to cost the nation, has not yet come in for much of this analytical treatment. It seems taken for granted that the technology of medicine simply exists, take it or leave it, and the . . .
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