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本书探讨了现代医学的现状，研究了医学，医保和它们对现代生活的影响，围绕当今的逐步上升的医学成本（包括财物的和道德的）进行了讨论，适合对道德和哲学感兴趣的人以及在医学领域工作的人。 This fascinating entry in The Big Idea series lays out the ethical implications and the costs of modern medicine. Over the course of human history, medicine has achieved incredible successes―but at what cost? This latest book in The Big Idea series explores the state of modern medicine, examining the ethics of medical and healthcare practices and the impact they have on modern life. This fascinating analysis engages with the debate surrounding the escalating costs, both financial and ethical, of medicine today. Intelligent and provocative, Is Medicine Still Good for Us? dissects common assumptions about medicine, helping the reader create their own informed opinion about its extraordinary achievements, limitations, injustices, and inev

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