Innovation in Medical Technology: Ethical Issues and Challenges

by Margaret L. Eaton and Donald Kennedy

Book Overview

This thought-provoking studyexamines 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801885264
• ISBN13: 9780801885266
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.1"