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4 Medical Progress in the Near Term: 2000 to 2020
A 1998 University of California Press book chapter describing anticipated medical progress for the period 2000–2020. No further details or event-specific information were included in the supplied source data.
Categories: science-and-space, public-health, positive-progress
Generated scores
Scores are based on the cited reporting and use a 1–10 scale. Read the methodology.
- Confidence
- 2/10
- Geographic reach
- 1/10
- Global importance
- 2/10
- Impact magnitude
- 2/10
- Positivity
- 6/10
- Urgency
- 1/10
Why it matters
The chapter addresses anticipated near-term developments in medical research and practice that could inform health and research discussions.

