Health Care Chapter 5 Summary

Chapter 5 really drove home how technology significantly affect health and medicine as we know it. It certainly cemented that technology and medicine are correlated and will probably always be that way in our society. The way the chapter begin with history of what has transpired in medicine and how we reached the current health plan options consumers have is helpful for those of us, like me, who have basic to intermediate understanding of health care choices. Although, as we know this book is a little I outdated, the information it presented in this chapter is on par with some of what is going on today.For instance the cost and quality of health care is still an important area of discussion and need today.
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