Medical Technology into Healthcare and Society

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Medical Technology into Healthcare and Society

Author	: A. Faulkner
File Size	: 45,5 Mb
Publisher	: Springer
Language	: English
Release Date	: 28 November 2008
ISBN	: 9780230228368
Pages	: 238 pages

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Medical Technology into Healthcare and Society by A. Faulkner Book PDF Summary

From bandage to the bioreactor, this book looks at five different device technologies from inception to healthcare practice, drawing on medical sociology, science and technology studies and political science. It examines 'evidence', regulation and governance processes, and diverse stakeholders in innovating the technologies that shape health care.

Medical Technology into Healthcare and Society by A. Faulkner

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The very rapid pace of advances in biomedical research promises us a wide range of new drugs, medical devices, and clinical procedures. The extent to which these discoveries will benefit the public, however, depends in large part on the methods we choose for developing and testing them. Modern Methods of

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