Prevention vs. treatment : what's the right balance? /

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Everyone knows the old adage, ""an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,"" but we seem not to live by it. In the Western world's health care it is commonly observed that prevention is underfunded while treatment attracts greater overall priority. This book explores t...

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Prevention versus treatment
What's the right balance?
Hauptverfasser:
Faust, Halley S., Menzel, Paul T.
Weitere Verfasser:
Faust, Halley S. (HerausgeberIn), Menzel, Paul T. (HerausgeberIn)
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Apha Press, [2012]
Zusammenfassung:
Everyone knows the old adage, ""an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,"" but we seem not to live by it. In the Western world's health care it is commonly observed that prevention is underfunded while treatment attracts greater overall priority. This book explores this observation by examining the actual spending on prevention, the history of health policies and structural features that affect prevention's apparent relative lack of emphasis, the values that may justify priority for treatment or for prevention, and the religious and cultural traditions that have shaped the moral relati
Umfang:
1 online resource (xvi, 397 pages) : illustrations
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-020838-4
1-283-42749-4
9786613427496
0-19-983738-4
Schlagworte:
Medicine, Preventive > United States.
Preventive health services > United States.
Evidence-based medicine > United States.
Therapeutics.
Evidence-based medicine.
Medicine > Religious aspects.
Health promotion.
Preventive Health Services > NLM-D011314
Therapeutics > NLM-D013812
Primary Prevention > NLM-D011322
Evidence-Based Medicine > NLM-D019317
Religion and Medicine > NLM-D012068
Health Promotion > NLM-D006293
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