Title :
Emerging ethical issues in bioengineering practice
Author :
Saha, Subrata ; Saha, Pamela
Author_Institution :
Louisiana State Univ. Med. Center, Shreveport, LA, USA
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1989.96337
