 Cybermedicine: How Computing Empowers Doctors and Patients for Better Care, Revised and Updated
ISBN: 978-0-7879-5631-8
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288 pages
August 2001, Jossey-Bass
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"A very compassionate, patient-first physician pressing for bolder and more comprehensive computer uses in clinical medicine and in direct patient interaction.' (from the foreword by Ralph Nader)
"Cybermedicine is the most current and complete guide for the layman or professional." (Dean S. Edell, M.D., medical journalist)
"For all computer-savvy health professionals-and of considerable interest to consumers involved in today's online health revolution." (Tom Ferguson, M.D., author, Health Online)
"A superb, balanced overview of the remarkable contributions in medicine and health that computers have already made . . . and of the even more remarkable contributions we can look forward to from a pioneer in the field." (Howard H. Hiatt, M.D., professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School, and former dean of the Harvard School of Public Health)
"Who will end up in charge of medicine . . . ? Slack's answer is clear: the human physician. In the scenario Slack envisions for the future, man and machine are partners, not competitors." (The Washington Post)
"Slack . . . brings a voice of reassurance, logic and humanity to the subject. Cybermedicine will satisfy your curiosity, challenge your perception, andperhaps-or better yet hopefully-make you more than a little angry." (Mac Street Journal)
"Informed and entertaining." (San Francisco Chronicle)
"Slack makes a well-reasoned case for the increased use of computers, both to help patients become more informed and, in some cases, to assist in their care." (Denver Post)
"An important book that will help all of us physicians to understand how computers can help us become more able, effective, and knowing doctors." (Robert Coles, M.D., professor of psychiatry and medical humanities, Harvard Medical School and winner of the Pulitzer Prize)
"This highly readable book should attract anyone interested in the computer medical revolution." (Alvan R. Feinstein, M.D., Sterling Professor of Medicine & Epidemiology, Yale University School of Medicine)
"This is not a book about bits and bytes, but an appraisal of the computer's current role in health care and how its future will be defined."Peter Goldman, M.D., Maxwell Finland Professor of Clinical Pharmacology Emeritus, Harvard Medical School (Peter Goldman, M.D., Maxwell Finland Professor of Clinical Pharmacology Emeritus, Harvard Medical School)
"Cybermedicine is the most current and complete guide for the layman or professional." (Dean S. Edell, M.D., medical journalist)
"For all computer-savvy health professionals-and of considerable interest to consumers involved in today's online health revolution." (Tom Ferguson, M.D., author, Health Online)
"A superb, balanced overview of the remarkable contributions in medicine and health that computers have already made . . . and of the even more remarkable contributions we can look forward to from a pioneer in the field." (Howard H. Hiatt, M.D., professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School, and former dean of the Harvard School of Public Health)
"Who will end up in charge of medicine . . . ? Slack's answer is clear: the human physician. In the scenario Slack envisions for the future, man and machine are partners, not competitors." (The Washington Post)
"Slack . . . brings a voice of reassurance, logic and humanity to the subject. Cybermedicine will satisfy your curiosity, challenge your perception, andperhaps-or better yet hopefully-make you more than a little angry." (Mac Street Journal)
"Informed and entertaining." (San Francisco Chronicle)
"Slack makes a well-reasoned case for the increased use of computers, both to help patients become more informed and, in some cases, to assist in their care." (Denver Post)
"An important book that will help all of us physicians to understand how computers can help us become more able, effective, and knowing doctors." (Robert Coles, M.D., professor of psychiatry and medical humanities, Harvard Medical School and winner of the Pulitzer Prize)
"This highly readable book should attract anyone interested in the computer medical revolution." (Alvan R. Feinstein, M.D., Sterling Professor of Medicine & Epidemiology, Yale University School of Medicine)
"This is not a book about bits and bytes, but an appraisal of the computer's current role in health care and how its future will be defined."Peter Goldman, M.D., Maxwell Finland Professor of Clinical Pharmacology Emeritus, Harvard Medical School (Peter Goldman, M.D., Maxwell Finland Professor of Clinical Pharmacology Emeritus, Harvard Medical School)
