Ethical Challenges of Emerging Medical Technologies

Taylor & Francis

The Ethical Challenges of Emerging Medical TechnologiesAuthor(s): Arthur L. Caplan, Brendan Parent\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781472429155, 978-1472429155\nSynopsis\nThis collection of essays emphasizes societys increasingly responsible engagement with ethical challenges in emerging medical technology. Expansion of technological capacity and attention to patient safety have long been integral to improving healthcare delivery but only relatively recently have concepts like respect, distributive justice, privacy, and autonomy gained some power to shape the development, use, and refinement of medical tools and techniques. Medical ethics goes beyond making better medicine to thinking about how to make the field of medicine better. These essays showcase several ways in which modern ethical thinking is improving safety, efficacy and efficiency of medical technology, increasing access to medical care, and empowering .