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, [2009], ©2009.

xii, 598 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

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.