Innovation in Medical Technology
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Innovation in Medical Technology

Ethical Issues and Challenges

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eBook - ePub

Innovation in Medical Technology

Ethical Issues and Challenges

About this book

This thought-provoking 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. They consider topics such as the responsible introduction of new medical products and services, the importance of patient consent, the extent of the duty to mitigate harm, and the responsibility to facilitate access to new medical therapies.

This work's insights into the nature and consequences of medical innovation contribute to the national debate on how best to protect patients while fostering innovation and securing benefits.

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Information

Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Year
2007
eBook ISBN
9780801891946
Edition
0
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Ethics in Medicine

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright page
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction: The Need to Ask Questions about Innovation
  8. 1 Distinguishing Innovative Medical Practice from Research
  9. 2 The Modern History of Human Research Ethics
  10. 3 Innovation in the Off-Label Use of Drugs
  11. 4 Innovative Surgery
  12. 5 Innovation in Assisted Reproduction
  13. 6 Innovation in Neuroimaging
  14. 7 Questions, Issues, and Recommendations Going Forward
  15. Conclusion: Final Thoughts on the Landscape of Innovation
  16. Appendix A. Directives for Human Experimentation: Nuremberg Code
  17. Appendix B. World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki
  18. Appendix C. Description of Department of Health and Human Services Regulations for the Protection of Human Subjects
  19. Appendix D. Participants in Lasker Forum on Ethical Challenges in Biomedical Research and Practice
  20. Notes
  21. References
  22. Index