• DocumentCode
    1229897
  • Title

    Medicine, the borrower [Retrospectroscope]

  • Author

    Geddes, L.A.

  • Volume
    27
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    83
  • Lastpage
    84
  • Abstract
    Medicine has its three goals, curing a disease or arresting its progress, providing relief from pain and suffering, and rehabilitating with the minimum need of a caregiver. Medicine appropriates everything from every source that can be the slightest use to anybody who is ailing in any way or likely to be ailing from any cause. The modern biomedical engineer must be knowledgeable in biology, medicine, and engineering to recognize problems that can be solved by tools or techniques that can be borrowed to solve a medical problem.
  • Keywords
    biomedical engineering; diseases; patient care; patient rehabilitation; patient treatment; biomedical engineer; disease curing; disease progression; pain relief; rehabilitation; Anatomy; Arthritis; Bladder; Curing; Diseases; Marine vehicles; Pain; Physiology; Surge protection; Surgery; Clinical Medicine; Delivery of Health Care; History, 15th Century; History, 16th Century; History, 17th Century; History, 18th Century; History, 19th Century; Problem Solving;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0739-5175
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MEMB.2008.922362
  • Filename
    4527227