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Imagine that you are a doctor who is studying the spread of a disease in your country. How could you use new technologies in geography to help you understand this problem? Give at least two examples of how you could achieve this goal using these tools. |
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Answer» ong>Answer: As we move into the new millennium it is becoming increasingly clear that the biomedical sciences are entering the most exciting phase of their development. Paradoxically, medical practice is also passing through a phase of increasing uncertainty, in both industrial and developing countries. Industrial countries have not been able to solve the problem of the spiraling costs of health care RESULTING from technological development, public expectations, and—in particular—the rapidly increasing size of their ELDERLY populations. The people of many developing countries are still living in dire poverty with dysfunctional health care systems and EXTREMELY limited access to basic medical care.Against this COMPLEX BACKGROUND, this chapter examines the role of science and technology for disease control in the past and present and assesses the potential of the remarkable developments in the basic biomedical sciences for global health care. |
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