The Coming Revolution in Medicine
Author | : David D. Rutstein |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1967 |
Genre | : Health planning |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : David D. Rutstein |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1967 |
Genre | : Health planning |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Jeanne E Abrams |
Publisher | : NYU Press |
Total Pages | : 315 |
Release | : 2013-09-13 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 081475936X |
An engaging history of the role that George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin played in the origins of public health in America. Before the advent of modern antibiotics, one’s life could be abruptly shattered by contagion and death, and debility from infectious diseases and epidemics was commonplace for early Americans, regardless of social status. Concerns over health affected the Founding Fathers and their families as it did slaves, merchants, immigrants, and everyone else in North America. As both victims of illness and national leaders, the Founders occupied a unique position regarding the development of public health in America. Historian Jeanne E. Abrams’s Revolutionary Medicine refocuses the study of the lives of George and Martha Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John and Abigail Adams, and James and Dolley Madison away from politics to the perspective of sickness, health, and medicine. For the Founders, republican ideals fostered a reciprocal connection between individual health and the “health” of the nation. Studying the encounters of these American Founders with illness and disease, as well as their viewpoints about good health, not only provides a richer and more nuanced insight into their lives, but also opens a window into the practice of medicine in the eighteenth century, which is at once intimate, personal, and first hand. Today’s American public health initiatives have their roots in the work of America’s Founders, for they recognized early on that government had compelling reasons to shoulder some new responsibilities with respect to ensuring the health and well-being of its citizenry—beginning the conversation about the country’s state of medicine and public healthcare that continues to be a work in progress.
Author | : Ralph H. Hruban |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 291 |
Release | : 2022-05-03 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 1639361480 |
A prismatic examination of the evolution of medicine, from a trade to a science, through the exemplary lives of ten men and women. Johns Hopkins University, one of the preeminent medical schools in the nation today, has played a unique role in the history of medicine. When it first opened its doors in 1893, medicine was a rough-and-ready trade. It would soon evolve into a rigorous science. It was nothing short of a revolution. This transition might seem inevitable from our vantage point today. In recent years, medical science has mapped the human genome, deployed robotic tools to perform delicate surgeries, and developed effective vaccines against a host of deadly pathogens. But this transformation could not have happened without the game-changing vision, talent, and dedication of a small cadre of individuals who were willing to commit body and soul to the advancement of medical science, education, and treatment. A Scientific Revolution recounts the stories of John Shaw Billings, Max Brödel, Mary Elizabeth Garrett, William Halsted, Jesse Lazear, Dorothy Reed Mendenhall, William Osler, Helen Taussig, Vivien Thomas, and William Welch. This chorus of lives tells a compelling tale not just of their individual struggles, but how personal and societal issues went hand-in-hand with the advancement of medicine.
Author | : Pieter Cullis |
Publisher | : Greystone Books Ltd |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
ISBN | : 1771640383 |
"Cullis argues that personalized medicine, also known as precision medicine, is the biggest revolution of our time. By replacing the current one-size-fits-all approach to medicine with medical treatment based on a patient's unique molecular makeup, personalized medicine will radically change the role of doctors and patients and even the future of our species. Increasingly, instead of focusing on the treatment of chronic diseases, as they do today, doctors will focus on helping people prevent disease"--Amazon.com.
Author | : Oscar Reiss, M.D. |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 287 |
Release | : 2015-09-17 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
ISBN | : 1476604959 |
Nearly nine times as many died from diseases during the American Revolution as did from wounds. Poor diet, inadequate sanitation and sometimes a lack of basic medical care caused such diseases as dysentery, scurvy, typhus, smallpox and others to decimate the ranks. Scurvy was a major problem for both the British and American navies, while venereal diseases proved to be a particularly vexing problem in New York. Respiratory diseases, scabies and other illnesses left nearly 4,000 colonial troops unable to fight when George Washington's troops broke camp at Valley Forge in June 1778. From a physician's perspective, this is a unique history of the American Revolution and how diseases impacted the execution of the war effort. The medical histories of Washington and King George III are also provided.
Author | : Eric Topol |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 2012-01-31 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
ISBN | : 0465025501 |
A professor of medicine reveals how technology like wireless internet, individual data, and personal genomics can be used to save lives.
Author | : Andrew Cunningham |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 364 |
Release | : 2002-07-11 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 9780521524506 |
Essays by leading researchers on the nature and genesis of laboratory medicine.
Author | : David D. Rutstein |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1967 |
Genre | : Health planning |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Eric Topol |
Publisher | : Basic Books |
Total Pages | : 373 |
Release | : 2019-03-12 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
ISBN | : 1541644646 |
A Science Friday pick for book of the year, 2019 One of America's top doctors reveals how AI will empower physicians and revolutionize patient care Medicine has become inhuman, to disastrous effect. The doctor-patient relationship--the heart of medicine--is broken: doctors are too distracted and overwhelmed to truly connect with their patients, and medical errors and misdiagnoses abound. In Deep Medicine, leading physician Eric Topol reveals how artificial intelligence can help. AI has the potential to transform everything doctors do, from notetaking and medical scans to diagnosis and treatment, greatly cutting down the cost of medicine and reducing human mortality. By freeing physicians from the tasks that interfere with human connection, AI will create space for the real healing that takes place between a doctor who can listen and a patient who needs to be heard. Innovative, provocative, and hopeful, Deep Medicine shows us how the awesome power of AI can make medicine better, for all the humans involved.
Author | : Victor Montori |
Publisher | : Rosetta Books |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 2020-09-29 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0795352956 |
The Mayo Clinic physician and founder of The Patient Revolution offers a “thoroughly convincing. . . call to action for medical industry reform” (Kirkus). Winner of the 2018 PenCraft Award for Literary Excellence, Why We Revolt exposes the corruption and negligence that are endemic in America’s healthcare system—and offers a blueprint for revolutionizing patient care across the country. Through a series of essays and first-hand accounts, Dr. Victor M. Montori demonstrates how the system has been increasingly exploited and industrialized, putting profit before patients. As costs soar, the United States continues to fall behind other countries on patient outcomes. Offering concrete, direct actions we can take to bring positive change to the healthcare system, Why We Revolt is an inspiring call-to-action for physicians, policymakers, and patients alike. Dr. Montori shows how we can work together to create a system that offers tailored healthcare in a kind and careful way. All proceeds from Why We Revolt go directly to Patient Revolution, a non-profit organization founded by Dr. Montori that empowers patients, caregivers, community advocates, and clinicians to rebuild our healthcare system.