Hillman, Bruce J,

The sorcerer's apprentice : how medical imaging is changing health care / Bruce J. Hillman, Jeff C. Goldsmith. - 1 online resource (xiv, 250 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The most important physician you'll never meet -- The rise of medical imaging -- Imaging's leap to curative medicine -- The risks of medical imaging examinations -- Economic consequences of successful innovation : the imaging boom -- Digital pioneers : globalization and corporatization -- Red in tooth and claw : moral hazard and the struggle for control of medical imaging services -- Imaging to screen for life-threatening diseases : its promise and its problems -- The future of medical imaging -- Making the best use of imaging's expansive toolbox.

9780199780709 (electronic bk.) 0199780706 (electronic bk.)


Diagnostic imaging--Social aspects.

RC78.7.D53 / H55 2011eb

616.07/54

WN 180 / H654s 2011