Innovation in Medical Technology

Margaret L. Eaton is a lecturer at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business and was formerly a senior research scholar at the Center for Biomedical Ethics, Stanford University School of Medicine. Donald Kennedy is emeritus Bing Professor of Environmental Science and President Emeritus of Stanford University. A former U.S. Food and Drug Administration commissioner, Dr. Kennedy co-chairs the National Academies of Science Project on Science, Technology, and Law and is the editor-in-chief of Science.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Need to Ask Questions about Innovation1. Distinguishing Innovative Medical Practice from Research2. The Modern History of Human Research Ethics3. Innovation in the Off-Label Use of Drugs4. Innovative Surgery5. Innovation in Assisted Reproduction6. Innovation in Neuroimaging7. Questions, Issues, and Recommendations Going ForwardConclusion: Final Thoughts on the Landscape of InnovationAppendix A: Directives for Human Experimentation: Nuremberg CodeAppendix B: World Medical Association Declaration of HelsinkiAppendix C: Description of Department of Health and Human ServicesRegulations for the Protection of Human SubjectsAppendix D: Participants in Lasker Forum on Ethical Challenges in Biomedical Research and PracticeNotesReferencesIndex

A captivating read for just about any thoughtful person, Innovation in Medical Technology could serve as an effective springboard for lively teaching sessions in a medical school or residency program, or as a provocative introduction to a course in medical ethics. -- Richard M. Stillman JAMA 2007 This volume serves as an introduction to legal and ethical issues that emerge from medical technological innovation, and to the boundary issues between medical research and clinical practice. It includes policy suggestions for regulation in this gray zone of practice between clinical care and research, as well as a short history of human subjects research. Choice 2008 The work provides both medical practitioners and academicians of various levels of experience with a helpful overview of the complicated dilemmas surrounding innovation in medicine. -- Jacob William Shatzer Ethics and Medicine 2010