Innovation in Medical Technology
Subtitle: Ethical Issues and Challenges
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press; Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: February 2, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780801885266
Subjects: Biotechnology; Medical ethics; Medical research; Medicolegal issues; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Ethics; Medical / Ethics; Health Policy; Medical innovations; Medical technology; Moral and ethical aspects
Description: "This study examines the ethical, legal, and social problems that arise with cutting-edge medical technology. Using as examples four powerful and largely unregulated technologies - off-label use of drugs, innovative surgery, assisted reproduction, and neuroimaging - Margaret L. Eaton and Donald Kennedy illustrate the difficult challenges faced by clinicians, researchers, and policy makers who seek to advance the frontiers of medicine safely and responsibly. Supported by medical history and case studies and drawing on reports from dozens of experts, the authors address important practical, ethical, and policy issues."--Jacket.