Great Issues for Medicine in the Twenty-First Century : A Consideration of the Ethical and Social Issues Arising Out of Advances in the Biomedical Sciences

, by Grossman, Dana Cook; Valtin, Heinz

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ISBN: 9781573311441 | 1573311448
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 6/1/1999

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Preface and Acknowledgments	p. ix
Two Hundred Years of Medicine at Dartmouth	p. xiii
Opening Session
Welcoming Remarks	p. 1
Medical Education and the American Future	p. 3
Burgers, Chips, and Genes	p. 8
Genetics Session: The Human Genome
Prognostications and Predispositions	p. 22
Of Genes and Genomes	p. 32
The Human Genome Project and the Future of Medicine	p. 42
Commentary on the Genetics Session	p. 56
Neuroscience Session: Intelligence--The Origin and Substrate of Thinking
Introduction to the Session	p. 66
Building a Picture of the Brain	p. 68
The Importance of Being Well Placed and Having the Right Connections	p. 90
Modern Phrenology: Maps of Human Cortical Function	p. 107
How the Mind Works	p. 119
Commentary on the Neuroscience Session	p. 128
Health Care Session: The Issues--For Whom and By Whom?
Introduction to the Session	p. 135
The Top Ten Issues in Health Care Today	p. 137
Patients in the 21st Century: The Impact of Predictive Medicine	p. 142
Questions and Answers	p. 150
Rationing: The Bitter Pill -- Panel Discussion	p. 156
Commentary on the Health Care Session	p. 177
Special Address
Population Growth and Environmental Impact	p. 184
World Population Session: The Crisis of Human Crowding
Introduction to the Session	p. 191
Global Health, Population Growth, and United States Policy	p. 192
Science and Polemics on Population	p. 200
Population, Environment, and Ingenuity	p. 208
Population Growth and International Migration at the End of the 20th Century	p. 217
Commentary on the World Population Session	p. 229
Closing Session: The Future--Through the Looking Glass
Medicine, Liberal Learning, and the Pursuit of Wisdom	p. 235
The Conflict between the Science and the Art of Clinical Practice in the Next Millennium	p. 240
The Making of a Physician-Scientist: 2000	p. 247
Closing Remarks	p. 257
Symposium Participants	p. 259
Symposium Commentators	p. 274
Index of Contributors	p. 277
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