... of physician ser- vices from the specialist to the generalist, both potentially, and actually, changing the kinds of care covered by health insurance (Smolka et al. 1998). Moreover, advances in medical technology have made it possible for people with chronic, seriously...

... that Silverman et al. have not pursued their arguments about drug distribution and policy a little further. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Peter Temin Robert H. Blank, The Political Implications of Human Genetic Technol- ogy (Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1981), 255 pp., $26.50...

... and technological development in the clinical laboratory field, and particularly in the area of blood chemistry analysis, the article suggests some implications for public policy of the current state of affairs. The Growth of ~hnologyand Corporate Profit-Making in the Clinical...

...Thomas R. Oliver Health Care Reform as a Halfway Technology Thomas R. Oliver University of Wisconsin In the 1970s, the physician, scientist, and essayist...

...Bhaven Sampat; Michael Drummond Confronted with similar challenges, the United States and the United Kingdom have adopted very different health technology policies. In the United States, the focus has been on technology creation, in particular the funding of basic biomedical research...

...Julia Kreis; Harald Schmidt In the United States and internationally, the trend for public engagement in health policy and practice is increasing, particularly regarding health technology assessment (HTA), which informs often controversial coverage decisions. However, there is no consensus about...

...Pascale Lehoux; Stuart Blume In a growing number of countries, health technology assessment (HTA) has come to be seen as a vital component in policy making. Even though the assessment of the social, political, and ethical aspects of health technology is listed as one of its main objectives...

...) The medical profession, through its control of technology and its monopolistic hold on legitimate claims of expertise, is the primary determiner of the way health services are structured and resources are allocated. (2) Domination of doctor-patient relationships, medical care delivery organizations...

...Helen L. Smits One important aspect of the evaluation of a new medical technology is the clinical context in which the technology will be used. This context includes the disease to be diagnosed or treated, alternative methods of diagnosis or treatment, and the epidemiology of both the illness...

...Gloria Ruby; H. David Banta; Anne Kesselman Burns One possible approach to containing Medicare costs involves explicit changes in Medicare's coverage policy with respect to medical technology. This paper first describes the development and diffusion of medical technology in general...

...Olga Löblová Abstract Member states have consistently limited the European Union's competences in the area of health care reimbursement. Despite these efforts, there has been a slow but steady tendency toward harmonization of a key tool in reimbursement decision-making: health technology assessment...

... in-person and telemedicine encounters. This research uses a national public opinion survey to examine the degree to which health care consumers communicate through conventional, face-to-face consultation, telemedicine, or digital technology, and the relationship between these means of communication...

...John H. Evans Reproductive genetic technologies are becoming more controversial as they become more ubiquitous. The opponents of these technologies are largely religious groups, a fact that leads to the question of why religious groups would be more opposed to these technologies than others. Since...

...Stanley J. Reiser Margarete Sandelowski. Devices and Desires: Gender, Technology, and American Nursing . Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press,2000. 322 pp. $45 cloth; $19.95 paper. © 2002 by Duke University Press 2002 Books...

...Pascale Lehoux; Jean-Louis Denis; Stéphanie Tailliez; Myriam Hivon Health technology assessment (HTA) has received increasing support over the past twenty years in both North America and Europe. The justification for this field of policy-oriented research is that evidence about the efficacy...

... The Denial of Death. Callahan tackles one of the most pressing issues within health reform today; namely, the significant portion of rapidly increasing health care costs attributable to new medical technologies. One reason that we in the United States are reluctant to curb continued technological...

... or to allocate resources internally among providers. The article uses classic technology diffusion theory to explain the adoption and use of RA in these six markets and derives lessons for health policy generally and for the future of RA in particular. For health policy generally, the differing experiences...

...Helen Bequaert Holmes Janine Marie Morgall. Technology Assessment: A Feminist Perspective . Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1993. 288 pp. $39.95 cloth, $18.95 paper. Copyright © 1995 by Duke University Press 1995 524 Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law of ethics...

...Sandra J. Tanenbaum Copyright © 1999 by Duke University Press 1999 Commentary Technology Assembly in Managed Care Sandra J. Tanenbaum Ohio State University...

...Michael C. Christensen; Dahlia Remler Politicians across the political spectrum support greater investment in health care information and communications technology (ICT) and expect it to significantly decrease costs and improve health outcomes. We address three policy questions about adoption...