Rare Diseases in the Age of Health 2.0 (Hardcover, 2014 ed.)

This text focuses on various factors associated with orphan diseases and the influence and role of health information technologies. Orphan diseases have not been adopted by the pharmaceutical industry because they provide little financial incentive to treat or prevent it. It is estimated that 6,000-7,000 orphan diseases exist today; as medical knowledge continues to expand, this number is likely to become much greater. The book highlights the opportunities and challenges in this increasingly important area. The book explores new avenues which are opened by information technologies and Health 2.0, and highlights also economic opportunities of orphan disease medicine. The editors of this new book have international experience and competencies in the key areas of patient empowerment, healthcare and clinical knowledge management, healthcare inequalities and disparities, rare diseases and patient advocacy.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Communications in Medical and Care Compunetics, 4
Release date:	October 2013
First published:	2014
Editors:	Rajeev K. Bali • Lodewijk Bos • Michael Christopher Gibbons • Simon Ibell
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	292
Edition:	2014 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-3-642-38642-8
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > General Books > Computing & IT > Social & legal aspects of computing > Health & safety aspects of computing Books > Medicine > General issues > Medical equipment & techniques > General Books > Medicine > General issues > Health systems & services > General Books > Medicine > Nursing & ancillary services > Biomedical engineering > General Promotions
LSN:	3-642-38642-3
Barcode:	9783642386428

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