Human Aspects of Biomedical Innovation: 1 (Harvard Studies in Technology and Society) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0674865448 ISBN 13: 9780674865440

Publisher: Harvard University Press, 1971

Synopsis

The authors of these eight essays examine the social and ethical implications of new biomedical technologies・ ・from behavior control to organ transplants and human experimentation. They also examine the shortcomings in our system of medical care・ ・from the disappearance of the general practitioner to problems of medical care for the poor. In an introductory essay, irene taviss analyzes the allocation of resources to biomedical research and medical care and considers problems related to human experimentation, organ transplantation, and genetic and behavior control. She also discusses possible controls in these fields・ ・legal controls as well as formal professional codes and informal professional practices. In discussing the rare disease phenylketonuria, a cause of mental retardation, samuel p. Bessman and judith p. Swazey point out the dangers of a hasty decision to institute legislative controls of diseases on the basis of inadequate scientific evidence.

Edition details

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication date: 1971
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0674865448
• ISBN 13: 9780674865440
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 244
• Editor: Mendelsohn Everett, Swazey President Judith P, Taviss Irene