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Tidal wave : new technology, medicine and the NHS : a report ... based on the proceedings of the Caversham Conference on health technology assessment : sponsored by IHSM and MAS

Author:

Institute of Health Services Management, Management Advisory Service to the NHS, Hoare, John, and King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)

Publication date:

1992

Abstract:

As yet few people working in the health service are aware of the scale of the tidal wave of new medical technology now breaking over the NHS. While these technologies offer startling improvements in medical information and therapeutic technique, they are also costly. What they accomplish for the patient in ...