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“Franz Vranitsky, a former Austrian Chancellor, is said to have commented that ‘anyone with visions needs to see a doctor’”, Michael Peckham, co-editor of a book entitled Clinical futures, remarks. “It is true he was referring to Europe rather than health. However if the past is anything to go by attempts to predict future changes in medicine are generally wildly inaccurate.” Slightly uncovering his own vision, Peckham argues a few sentences later that “the future must see an integration of scientific medicine within a broader framework that tackles social and other determinants of health. This is not an ‘either…or” choice but an absolute requirement if there is to be a balanced approach to health development” (Marinker and Peckham 1998, draft chapter 9).
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Grin, J. (2000). Technology Assessment in the Health Care Area: A Matter of Uncovering or of Covering Up?. In: Grin, J., Grunwald, A. (eds) Vision Assessment: Shaping Technology in 21st Century Society. Wissenchaftsethik und Technikfolgenbeurteilung, vol 4. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59702-2_4
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