Innovation in Medical Technology
Eaton, Margaret L. (Stanford University) / Kennedy, Donald, PhD (President Emeritus and Bing Professor of Environmental Science and Policy, Stanford University)
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 ...