Innovation in Medical Technology

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"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.

subjects: Medical ethics,  Moral and ethical aspects,  Medical innovations,  Medical technology,  Technology assessment,  Medicine, research,  Diffusion of innovations,  Biomedical Technology Assessment,  Ethics,  Biomedical Research,  Diffusion of Innovation,  Professional Practice