Prevention vs. treatment : what's the right balance? / [electronic resource] edited by Halley S. Faust and Paul T. Menzel. Faust, Halley S. Menzel, Paul T., 1942- Medicine, Preventive United States. Preventive health services United States. Evidence-based medicine United States. RA425 .P725 2011 614.440973 23 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record. Is prevention better than cure, or treatment more important because people need rescue? In this volume the prevention-treatment relationship is examined factually by economists and scholars of health policy and evidence-based medicine. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. 2011. 2011 Text 1 online resource (xvi, 397 p.) : http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199837373.001.0001 eng United States. United States. United States.