EBOOK 2030 - The Future of Medicine:Avoiding a Medical Meltdown

It is 2030. What are the new technologies that have advanced healthcare? What are        the new or strengthened demands placed on the healthcare systems of the world? Is        the future affordable, or do we see drastic rationing of care or the collapse of        healthcare insurance?This book tackles these questions, and provides some answers.          It does not shrink from the uncomfortable challenges that lie ahead, as demand        surges and new technologies add to the strain. It lays out ten levers that stand a        fighting chance of closing the healthcare equation, of balancing supply and demand.          But these levers require radically new thinking on the part of politicians, health        systems managers, professionals and patients alike. Thinking that needs to be        urgently turned into action,whatever the barriers and vested interests.Of all        subjects, healthcare is intensely personal, so the future is illustrated with the        health histories of members of a fictional family, the Carters. They could live in        the US or the UK - or any number of countries that all face the challenge of        affordable healthcare over the next 20 years.