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- catalog abstract "Callahan (director, the Hastings Center) asks the right questions (e.g. how much and what kind of health is necessary for a decent life?) and offers thoughtful answers: America's obsession with open- ended medical progress distorts the meaning of good health; prolonging life beyond reasonable expectations causes the neglect of general healthcare, and shortchanges other crucial needs such as education and housing. Persuasive. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.".
- catalog contributor b2650721.
- catalog coverage "United States.".
- catalog created "c1990.".
- catalog date "1990".
- catalog date "c1990.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1990.".
- catalog description "Callahan (director, the Hastings Center) asks the right questions (e.g. how much and what kind of health is necessary for a decent life?) and offers thoughtful answers: America's obsession with open- ended medical progress distorts the meaning of good health; prolonging life beyond reasonable expectations causes the neglect of general healthcare, and shortchanges other crucial needs such as education and housing. Persuasive. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.".
- catalog description "From explosion to implosion -- On the ragged edge -- Hopes, vain hopes -- Health and the common good -- The delicate balance -- Devising a political strategy -- To kill and to ration -- Modernizing mortality -- Selected healthcare data".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (281-303).".
- catalog extent "318 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "What kind of life.".
- catalog identifier "0671670964".
- catalog isFormatOf "What kind of life.".
- catalog issued "1990".
- catalog issued "c1990.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Simon and Schuster,".
- catalog relation "What kind of life.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "174/.24 20".
- catalog subject "Delivery of Health Care United States.".
- catalog subject "Delivery of Health Care.".
- catalog subject "Economics, Medical United States.".
- catalog subject "Economics, Medical.".
- catalog subject "Ethics, Medical United States.".
- catalog subject "Ethics, Medical.".
- catalog subject "Health Services Research.".
- catalog subject "Life Support Care economics.".
- catalog subject "Medical care United States.".
- catalog subject "Medical economics United States.".
- catalog subject "Medical ethics United States.".
- catalog subject "Medicine Research United States.".
- catalog subject "RA445 .C33 1990".
- catalog subject "Research United States.".
- catalog subject "Research.".
- catalog subject "W 74 C156w 1990".
- catalog tableOfContents "From explosion to implosion -- On the ragged edge -- Hopes, vain hopes -- Health and the common good -- The delicate balance -- Devising a political strategy -- To kill and to ration -- Modernizing mortality -- Selected healthcare data".
- catalog title "What kind of life : the limits of medical progress / Daniel Callahan.".
- catalog type "text".