1st Edition
The Old Age Challenge to the Biomedical Model Paradigm Strain and Health Policy
By Charles F. Longino
Copyright 1995
182 Pages
by
Routledge
170 Pages
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Routledge
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Central to this book is the idea that the United States is in the midst of a health care crisis, one that will be exacerbated as the population continues to age. Longino and Murphy trace the philosophical and technological development of the biomedical model and show its inadequacy to deal with the massive chronic disease demand of the present and the future. They argue that the delivery of health... Read more
CHAPTER 1 Introduction
CHAPTER 2 The Shift from Speculation to Science
CHAPTER 3 Major Components of the Biomedical Model
CHAPTER 4 The Rise of Scientific Medicine
CHAPTER 5 Aging and Paradigm Strain
CHAPTER 6 The Emerging Paradigm
CHAPTER 7 The New Paradigm and Public Policy
CHAPTER 8 Conclusion
Index
Biography
Charles F Longino (Author)
