| Author | : Institute of Medicine |
| File Size | : 52,8 Mb |
| Publisher | : National Academies Press |
| Language | : English |
| Release Date | : 01 January 1995 |
| ISBN | : 9780309176682 |
| Pages | : 254 pages |
Sources of Medical Technology by Institute of Medicine Book PDF Summary
Evidence suggests that medical innovation is becoming increasingly dependent on interdisciplinary research and on the crossing of institutional boundaries. This volume focuses on the conditions governing the supply of new medical technologies and suggest that the boundaries between disciplines, institutions, and the private and public sectors have been redrawn and reshaped. Individual essays explore the nature, organization, and management of interdisciplinary R&D in medicine; the introduction into clinical practice of the laser, endoscopic innovations, cochlear implantation, cardiovascular imaging technologies, and synthetic insulin; the division of innovating labor in biotechnology; the government- industry-university interface; perspectives on industrial R&D management; and the growing intertwining of the public and proprietary in medical technology.