The Engines of Hippocrates: From the Dawn of Medicine to Medical and Pharmaceutical Informatics (Wiley Series on Technologies for the Pharmaceutical Industry)

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Edition: 1
Release: 2009-06-22
Publisher: Wiley
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN/ASIN: 0470289538
Format: hardcover, kindle, PDF, EPUB

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A unique, integrative look at information-based medicineThe convergence of medical science, biology, pharmacology, biomedical engineering, healthcare, and information technology is revolutionizing medical and scientific practice, and has broader social implications still being understood. The Engines of Hippocrates provides a unique, integrative, and holistic look at the new paradigm of information-based medicine, covering a broad range of topics for a wide readership.The authors take a comprehensive approach, examining the prehistory, history, and future of medicine and medical technology and its relation to information; how history led to such present-day discoveries as the structure of DNA, the human genome, and the discipline of bioinformatics; and what the future results of these discoveries may hold. Their far-ranging views are their own and not necessarily those of the IBM Corporation or other employers.The Engines of Hippocrates helps readers understand:Forces shaping the pharm Download The Engines of Hippocrates for free via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, dropBox, uploading, fileserve

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