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- Innovating for health : the story of Baxter International / by Cody, Thomas G.(CARDINAL)779361;
Includes bibliographical references and index.- Subjects: Medical care; Medical instruments and apparatus industry; Medical care.;
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- The danger within us : America's untested, unregulated medical device industry and one man's battle to survive it / by Lenzer, Jeanne,author.(CARDINAL)556048;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-316) and index."In THE DANGER WITHIN US, award-winning journalist Jeanne Lenzer brings these horrifying statistics to life through the story of one working class man who, after his "cure" nearly kills him, ends up in a battle for justice against the medical establishment.His crusade leads Lenzer on a journey through the dark underbelly of the medical device industry, a fascinating and disturbing world that hasn't been written about before. What Lenzer exposes will shock readers: rampant corruption, elaborate cover-ups, shameless profiteering, and astonishing lack of oversight, all of which leads to dangerous devices (from artificial hips to pacemakers) going to market and into our bodies"--- Subjects: Medical instruments and apparatus industry; Medical instruments and apparatus industry; Medical instruments and apparatus;
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- Health care policy in an age of new technologies / by Patel, Kant,1946-(CARDINAL)270855; Rushefsky, Mark E.,1945-(CARDINAL)270856;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-399) and index.Technology, values, and health care policy in the new millennium -- The right to die -- Organ transplants -- Genetic research and health care -- Privacy of medical records and confidentiality -- Health care rationing -- Patients' bill of rights -- Medical education and physician training -- Conclusion. Revolutionary advances in biomedical research and information systems technology pose new and difficult issues for American health care policy, especially in the context of managed care. Health Care Policy in a New Millennium takes on this challenging array of issues where the dignity of individual life meets the imperatives of national-level health-care systems - patients' rights, rationing of care, organ transplants, genetic research, confidentiality of medical records, the right to die, and other ethical dilemmas. The book places these critical questions about the quality of life in our society in their political, legal, social, economic, and ethical contexts.- Subjects: Medical technology.; Medical innovations.; Medical instruments and apparatus industry.; Social medicine.;
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- Fraud, waste, and abuse in the medicare pacemaker industry : hearing before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, Ninety-seventh Congress, second session, Washington, D.C., September 10, 1982. by United States.Congress.Senate.Special Committee on Aging.(CARDINAL)156661;
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- Subjects: Cardiac pacemakers.; Medical instruments and apparatus industry; Medicare fraud.;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- The hospital sterilization equipment and supplies market. by Frost & Sullivan.(CARDINAL)723120;
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- Subjects: Sterilization equipment industry; Medical instruments and apparatus industry; Sterilization; Market surveys;
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- 1992 census of manufactures. by United States.Bureau of the Census.(CARDINAL)171405;
Includes bibliographical references.- Subjects: Medical instruments and apparatus industry; Photographic industry; Clock and watch making;
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- 1987 census of manufactures. by United States.Bureau of the Census.(CARDINAL)171405;
Includes bibliographical references.- Subjects: Medical instruments and apparatus industry; Photographic industry; Clock and watch making;
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- Cardiac arrest : five heart-stopping years as a CEO on the Feds' hit-list / by Root, Howard,author.(CARDINAL)631225; Saltarelli, Stephen,author.(CARDINAL)632503;
Includes bibliographical references.Howard Root started Vascular Solutions with little more than a dream and an idea for a single medical device. Fifteen years later, his Minnesota company had created over 500 American jobs and developed more than 50 new medical devices that saved and improved lives. But in 2011, the federal government threatened to destroy his company and put Howard behind bars for years. Cardiac Arrest is the eye-opening true story of life on the Feds hit-list, told from the desk of a CEO who decided to fight back. Follow Howard from the boardroom to the courtroom, as he tells the inside story of the case that sparked outrage in the pages of The Wall Street Journal and triggered a congressional investigation.Imprint as found on Amazon.com.- Subjects: Trial and arbitral proceedings.; Biographies.; Root, Howard; Vascular Solutions (Firm); United States. Department of Justice.; Chief executive officers; Medical instruments and apparatus industry; Prosecutorial misconduct;
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