DocumentCode
1846560
Title
Emerging ethical issues in bioengineering practice
Author
Saha, Subrata ; Saha, Pamela
Author_Institution
Louisiana State Univ. Med. Center, Shreveport, LA, USA
fYear
1989
fDate
9-12 Nov 1989
Firstpage
1555
Abstract
Moral and ethical issues in medical technology are discussed. These include allocation of scarce resources, clinical trials of new devices and implants, conflict of interest, and human and animal experimentation. Suggestions for the improvement of ethics in these areas are included
Keywords
biomedical engineering; reviews; animal experimentation; bioengineering practice; clinical trials; devices; ethical issues; human experimentation; implants; medical technology; moral issues; scarce resources; Animals; Biomedical engineering; Biomedical imaging; Clinical trials; Computed tomography; Ethics; Humans; Implants; Medical services; Orthopedic surgery;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1989. Images of the Twenty-First Century., Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in
Conference_Location
Seattle, WA
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IEMBS.1989.96337
Filename
96337
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