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This book focuses on the public policy and political/ethical dimensions of ALS/MND across a wide selection of countries and argues for the need of a multidisciplinary and international approach. Policy issues addressed include adequacy of funding for research and care, payment policy and regulatory functions of public and private insurers, long-term services and caregiver support, public health and prevention efforts, access to genetic testing...

This book focuses on the public policy and political/ethical dimensions of ALS/MND across a wide selection of countries and argues for the need of a multidisciplinary and international approach. Policy issues addressed include adequacy of funding for research and care, payment policy and regulatory functions of public and private insurers, long-term services and caregiver support, public health and prevention efforts, access to genetic testing...

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This book focuses on the public policy and political dimensions of Alzheimer’s Disease and other dementias (AD/D) in the United States, with coverage of the global dimensions and relevant examples from other countries. Starting off with a discussion on the characteristics of AD/D and competing theories of their causes, their human and financial costs, and the increasing burden they place on all societies as populations age, the book examines i...

Rapid advances in cognitive neuroscience and converging technologies have led to a vigorous debate over cognitive enhancement. This book outlines the ethical and social issues, but goes on to focus on the policy dimensions, which until now have received much less attention. As the economic, social and personal stakes involved with cognitive enhancement are so high, and the advances in knowledge so swift, we are likely to see increasing demands...

This book focuses on the public policy and political dimensions of Alzheimer’s Disease and other dementias (AD/D) in the United States, with coverage of the global dimensions and relevant examples from other countries. Starting off with a discussion on the characteristics of AD/D and competing theories of their causes, their human and financial costs, and the increasing burden they place on all societies as populations age, the book examines i...

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Ageing populations, the proliferation of new technologies, shifting global issues and intensified public expectations and demands are creating new challenges for all health care systems throughout the world. Some observers suggest that this is leading to a convergence towards the adoption of increasingly similar health policies. Others, however, argue that pre-existing national differences in structures, cultures and patterns of provision and ...

This public policy study offers a general framework for assessing health insurance from many vantage points, in terms of health policy impacts, the care of the needy, health insurance implementation, and prevention and risk.

New findings in neuroscience have given us unprecedented knowledge about the workings of the brain. Innovative research¿much of it based on neuroimaging results¿suggests not only treatments for neural disorders but also the possibility of increasingly precise and effective ways to predict, modify, and control behavior. In this book, Robert Blank examines the complex ethical and policy issues raised by our new capabilities of intervention in th...

Experts analyze death-related issues and policies in twelve countries, discussing health care costs, advance directives, pain management, cultural, social, and religious factors, and other topics.

Covering US biomedical policy since the 1970s, this work encompasses a range of issues and developments in human genetics, reproduction, neonatal intensive care, organ transplantation, intervention in the brain and medical interventions at the end of life.

How can America become a healthy nation, Blank asks, when it is beset by poverty, illiteracy, and crime? No new health care system can succeed unless or until the links between social problems and sickness are understood-and addressed. On the national level, Blank calls for a more aggressive redistribution of social and public health resources to the poor and elderly, at the same time, he describes sanctions that would encourage individuals to...

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An exploration of the policy dilemmas with new fertility control techniques, this volume offers a comprehensive treatment of the subject's technical, legal and political dimensions.

Biomedical technologies offer new hope for controlling life and create unparalleled ethical and political dilemmas. This volume is designed to provide a framework for studying as a comprehensive whole the public policy implications of biomedical technologies.