Debating Modern Medical Technologies: The Politics of Safety, Effectiveness, and Patient Access

Author:   Karen J. Maschke ,  Michael K. Gusmano
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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9781440861895


Pages:   232
Publication Date:   14 September 2018
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Format:   Hardback
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Debating Modern Medical Technologies: The Politics of Safety, Effectiveness, and Patient Access


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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.

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Author:   Karen J. Maschke ,  Michael K. Gusmano
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Weight:   0.680kg
ISBN:  

9781440861895


ISBN 10:   1440861897
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   14 September 2018
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Chapter 1 Evidence, Politics, and Medical Care Technology Chapter 2 Evolving Public- and Private-Payer Approaches to Evidence and Health Technology Assessment Chapter 3 Mammography Screening: Vested Interests and Polarization Chapter 4 When Medicare Said No for Amyloid PET Imaging Chapter 5 Placing a Value on Cure: Lessons from the New Generation of Hepatitis C Drugs Chapter 6 Avastin and the Politics of Accelerated Approval Chapter 7 The Path to the Clinic for Stem Cell and Other Regenerative Medicine Interventions Chapter 8 Conclusion: The 21st Century Cures Act and the Future of Health Technology Assessment Notes Bibliography Index

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Karen J. Maschke is research scholar at the Hastings Center with expertise on the ethical, legal, and policy issues associated with new biomedical technologies. She is editor of IRB: Ethics & Human Research. Michael K. Gusmano is associate professor of health policy at Rutgers University and research scholar at the Hastings Center with expertise on the politics of health reform, comparative politics, and health technology assessment.

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