Biomedical Engineering for Global Health

by Rebecca Richards-Kortum

Book Overview

Can technology and innovation transform world health? Connecting undergraduate students with global problems, Rebecca Richard-Kortum examines the interplay between biomedical technology design and the medical, regulatory, economic, social and ethical issues surrounding global health. Driven by case studies, including cancer screening, imaging technologies, implantable devices and vaccines, students learn how the complexities and variation across the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521877970
• ISBN13: 9780521877978
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 418 Pages
• Weight: 3.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.6" x 10.9"