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Creonization of Health Care

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Roger J. Bulger
Roger J. Bulger
Affiliation:
Association of Academic Health Centers, U.S.A.
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Abstract

As prefigured in the Greek tragedy Antigone, one of the primary conflicts in contemporary health care is that between humane concern for the individual and concern for society at large and administrative rules. The computerization of the health care system and development of large data bases will create new forms of this conflict that will challenge the self-definition of health care and health care professionals.

Type
Special Section: Measuring Health Care Effectiveness: Use of Large Data Bases for Technology and Quality Assessments
Information
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , January 1990 , pp. 297 - 303
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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