Predictive Health: How We Can Reinvent Medicine to Extend Our Best Years
Autor Kenneth L. Brigham, Michael M. E. Johnsen Limba Engleză Hardback – oct 2012 – vârsta de la 13 ani
InPredictive
Health,
distinguished
doctors
Kenneth
Brigham
and
Michael
M.E.
Johns
propose
a
solution:
invest
earlier—and
use
science
and
technology
to
make
healthcare
more
available
and
affordable.
Every
child
would
begin
life
with
a
post-natal
genetic
screen,
when
potential
risk—say
for
type
II
diabetes
or
heart
disease—would
be
found.
More
data
on
biology,
behavior,
and
environment
would
be
captured
throughout
her
life.
Using
this
information,
health-care
workers
and
the
people
they
care
for
could
forge
personal
strategies
for
healthier
living
long
before
a
small
glitch
blows
up
into
major
disease.
This
real
health
care
wouldn’t
just
replace
much
of
modern
disease
care—it
would
make
it
obsolete.
The
result,
according
to
Brigham
and
Johns,
will
be
a
life
defined
by
a
long
stay
at
top
physical
and
mental
form,
rather
than
an
early
peak
and
long
decline.
Accomplishing
this
goal
will
require
new
tools,
new
clinics,
fewer
doctors
and
more
mentors,
smarter
companies,
and
engaged
patients.
In
short,
it
will
require
a
revolution.
Thanks
to
a
decade-long
collaboration
between
Brigham,
Johns
and
others,
it
is
already
underway.
An
optimistic
plan
for
reducing
or
eliminating
many
chronic
diseases
as
well
as
reforming
our
faltering
medical
system,Predictive
Healthis
adeeply
knowledgeable,
deeply
humane
proposal
for
how
we
can
reallocate
expenses
and
resources
to
prolong
the
best
years
of
life,
rather
than
extending
the
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780465023127
ISBN-10: 0465023126
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 165 x 241 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
Colecția Basic Books
ISBN-10: 0465023126
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 165 x 241 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
Colecția Basic Books
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Notă biografică
Kenneth
Brigham,
M.D.,
is
a
professor
of
medicine
and
associate
vice
president
for
health
affairs
at
Emory
University.Michael
M.
E.
Johns,
M.D.,
is
chancellor
and
former
executive
vice
president
for
health
affairs
at
Emory
University.
Over
the
past
eight
years
they
have
collaborated
to
develop
the
Emory
Georgia
Tech
Predictive
Health
Institute
and
its
Center
for
Health
Discovery
and
Well
Being.
Both
authors
live
in
Atlanta,
Georgia.
Their
website
is
http://predictivehealth.emory.edu/
Recenzii
Kirkus
Reviews,
starred
review
“Well-written… The authors discuss their main points in accessible terms, with a mix of thorough research and real-life evidence, without getting bogged down in technical jargon. . . . A clear, insightful vision of a health care system that could bring about a better, healthier world."
Nancy L. Snyderman, M.D., Chief Medical Editor, NBC News, and Associate Clinical Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania
“It will take courage and imagination to fix America's healthcare woes and those remedies are precisely what Drs. Brigham and Johns lay out in this brilliant book. From Einstein to Dr. Seuss,Predictive Healthunderscores that bold thinking is needed to right the course of our broken system. To live and die well requires a fabric of science and humanity and the prescription is between the covers of this book.”
Edward D. Miller, M.D., Dean/CEO Emeritus, Johns Hopkins Medicine
“Predictive Healthis a refreshing read—it looks at medicine in a whole new light. Instead of focusing on disease, the authors explore new ways to think about our own health. They weave together basic and applied science— including the human genome and its impact—in an understandable way. Above all, their main message is that life and death are intertwined and we humans need to learn to deal with that concept as we go through life.”
Ralph Snyderman, M.D., Chancellor Emeritus, Duke University, and past CEO/President, Duke University Health System
“Medicine is undergoing a transformation from being reactive to disease events to being predictive, preventive, and personalized. InPredictive Health, two leaders of the emerging field of predictive health care give readers an informative and interesting view of this health revolution and what it means to them.”
Daniel Callahan, Research Scholar and President Emeritus, The Hastings Center, and author ofTaming the Beloved Beast: How Medical Technology Costs Are Destroying Our Health Care System
“Predictive Healthis a lively and welcome contribution to what promises to be one of the most important coming stages of health care reform: to rethink the goals and aspirations of medicine itself, not merely the delivery of health care. The basic task for medicine now is to maintain good health, not just to fight disease and death. This book shows how technology can help us do that, and what kinds of social and medical changes are necessary to achieve that vital goal.”
Arthur Garson, Jr., M.D., M.P.H., Director, Center for Health Policy, University of Virginia, and coauthor ofHealth Care Half Truths
“This is a book everyone should read—not just scientists, ethicists, and those interested in the health of our people, but the public. The authors get it: the goal is to have early old age last as long as possible and late old age last 15 minutes. They give us ways to get there that are visionary today, and will be proven to have been prophetic 30 years from now.”
Alex Gorsky, CEO, Johnson & Johnson
“Predictive Healthis a remarkable book about a remarkable vision. The fact that there are often diverging views regarding the future of healthcare is evident; what's less obvious are straightforward and innovative solutions. Doctors Kenneth Brigham and Michael Johns offer an ingeniously simple proposal—to shift medicine's focus from treating disease to maintaining and maximizing health. Characteristic of the integrative, forward-looking thinking of Dr. Johns, who long ago established himself as a thought leader in health care,Predictive Healthis essential reading for anyone who is interested in preserving their health.”
John R. Seffrin, Ph.D., CEO, American Cancer Society
“InPredictive Health, the authors make a strong case that we must turn our current health care system on its head, focusing not on simply caring for the sick, but on caring for the healthy—and keeping them so. Preventing disease is our greatest weapon in health care today, and Brigham and Johns paint a possible future in which we capitalize on this knowledge fully. Our pocketbooks demand we act on this, as does the fact we can save countless more lives if we do.”
“Well-written… The authors discuss their main points in accessible terms, with a mix of thorough research and real-life evidence, without getting bogged down in technical jargon. . . . A clear, insightful vision of a health care system that could bring about a better, healthier world."
Nancy L. Snyderman, M.D., Chief Medical Editor, NBC News, and Associate Clinical Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania
“It will take courage and imagination to fix America's healthcare woes and those remedies are precisely what Drs. Brigham and Johns lay out in this brilliant book. From Einstein to Dr. Seuss,Predictive Healthunderscores that bold thinking is needed to right the course of our broken system. To live and die well requires a fabric of science and humanity and the prescription is between the covers of this book.”
Edward D. Miller, M.D., Dean/CEO Emeritus, Johns Hopkins Medicine
“Predictive Healthis a refreshing read—it looks at medicine in a whole new light. Instead of focusing on disease, the authors explore new ways to think about our own health. They weave together basic and applied science— including the human genome and its impact—in an understandable way. Above all, their main message is that life and death are intertwined and we humans need to learn to deal with that concept as we go through life.”
Ralph Snyderman, M.D., Chancellor Emeritus, Duke University, and past CEO/President, Duke University Health System
“Medicine is undergoing a transformation from being reactive to disease events to being predictive, preventive, and personalized. InPredictive Health, two leaders of the emerging field of predictive health care give readers an informative and interesting view of this health revolution and what it means to them.”
Daniel Callahan, Research Scholar and President Emeritus, The Hastings Center, and author ofTaming the Beloved Beast: How Medical Technology Costs Are Destroying Our Health Care System
“Predictive Healthis a lively and welcome contribution to what promises to be one of the most important coming stages of health care reform: to rethink the goals and aspirations of medicine itself, not merely the delivery of health care. The basic task for medicine now is to maintain good health, not just to fight disease and death. This book shows how technology can help us do that, and what kinds of social and medical changes are necessary to achieve that vital goal.”
Arthur Garson, Jr., M.D., M.P.H., Director, Center for Health Policy, University of Virginia, and coauthor ofHealth Care Half Truths
“This is a book everyone should read—not just scientists, ethicists, and those interested in the health of our people, but the public. The authors get it: the goal is to have early old age last as long as possible and late old age last 15 minutes. They give us ways to get there that are visionary today, and will be proven to have been prophetic 30 years from now.”
Alex Gorsky, CEO, Johnson & Johnson
“Predictive Healthis a remarkable book about a remarkable vision. The fact that there are often diverging views regarding the future of healthcare is evident; what's less obvious are straightforward and innovative solutions. Doctors Kenneth Brigham and Michael Johns offer an ingeniously simple proposal—to shift medicine's focus from treating disease to maintaining and maximizing health. Characteristic of the integrative, forward-looking thinking of Dr. Johns, who long ago established himself as a thought leader in health care,Predictive Healthis essential reading for anyone who is interested in preserving their health.”
John R. Seffrin, Ph.D., CEO, American Cancer Society
“InPredictive Health, the authors make a strong case that we must turn our current health care system on its head, focusing not on simply caring for the sick, but on caring for the healthy—and keeping them so. Preventing disease is our greatest weapon in health care today, and Brigham and Johns paint a possible future in which we capitalize on this knowledge fully. Our pocketbooks demand we act on this, as does the fact we can save countless more lives if we do.”
Tucson
Citizen
“While most doctors seem to treat death as an enemy to be conquered, Dr. Brigham and Dr. Johns propose a different approach that is simple as it is revolutionary by suggesting that a patient's health, not the disease, be treated. . . . This is an important book.”
Wall Street Journal
“In ‘Predictive Health,' two founders of the Emory-Georgia Tech Predictive Health Institute envision a brave new world of personalized medicine, combining genomics with the study of how proteins and other molecules act in the body. . . . The ideas are intriguing.”
Library Journal
“This is a thoughtful, detailed account of the promise of a dizzying array of technologies and disciplines geared to prevent disease. . . . The authors, both founders of Emory's predictive medicine school, are ultimately compelling in their argument for both openness to new ideas and critical thinking for the vigorous pursuit of evidence-based health measures. . . . An absorbing look at an exciting potential health-care revolution.”
“While most doctors seem to treat death as an enemy to be conquered, Dr. Brigham and Dr. Johns propose a different approach that is simple as it is revolutionary by suggesting that a patient's health, not the disease, be treated. . . . This is an important book.”
Wall Street Journal
“In ‘Predictive Health,' two founders of the Emory-Georgia Tech Predictive Health Institute envision a brave new world of personalized medicine, combining genomics with the study of how proteins and other molecules act in the body. . . . The ideas are intriguing.”
Library Journal
“This is a thoughtful, detailed account of the promise of a dizzying array of technologies and disciplines geared to prevent disease. . . . The authors, both founders of Emory's predictive medicine school, are ultimately compelling in their argument for both openness to new ideas and critical thinking for the vigorous pursuit of evidence-based health measures. . . . An absorbing look at an exciting potential health-care revolution.”