Robson, Barry

The engines of Hippocrates : from the dawn of medicine to medical and pharmaceutical informatics / Barry Robson, O.K. Baek - Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2009 - xii, 598 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Wiley series on technologies for the pharmaceutical industry . - Wiley series on technologies for the pharmaceutical industry .

Includes bibliographical references and index

A short preview of mankind, medicine, molecules, and machines -- From prehistory to Hippocrates -- The road to the new medicine -- The imminent challenge : medicine as an industry -- The next decade : personalized medicine and the digital patient record -- Enforcing your rights : medical ethics, consent, privacy, and IT -- Holistic medicine and IT -- Architecting it all -- Guardian angels : knowing our molecules, drug and vaccine design, medical decision support, medical vigilance and defense -- What next? At one with the engines of Hippocrates

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Medical informatics
Medical Informatics Computing
Health Services--trends
Man-Machine Systems
Medical Informatics Applications