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Featured Faculty Books: Innovation in Medical Technology
Margaret L. Eaton, Lecturer in Management
Donald Kennedy, President Emeritus of Stanford University; Bing Professor of Environmental Science and Policy, Emeritus
Innovation in Medical Technology: Ethical Issues and Challenges
by Margaret L. Eaton and Donald Kennedy.
The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.
Video interview with the authors: (RealPlayer format; Download RealPlayer)
Intro version (5:28 min.) - A short introduction, intended largely for a medical audience.
Full version (18:34 min.) - This version, including the Intro version, is intended for both medical and business audiences.
This thought-provoking study examines the ethical, legal, and social problems that arise with cutting-edge medical technology. Using as examples four powerful and largely unregulated technologies-off-label use of drugs, innovative surgery, assisted reproduction, and neuroimaging-Margaret L. Eaton and Donald Kennedy illustrate the difficult challenges faced by clinicians, researchers, and policy makers who seek to advance the frontiers of medicine safely and responsibly. Supported by medical history and case studies and drawing on reports from dozens of experts, the authors address important practical, ethical, and policy issues. They consider topics such as the responsible introduction of new medical products and services, the importance of patient consent, the extent of the duty to mitigate harm, and the responsibility to facilitate access to new medical therapies. This work's insights into the nature and consequences of medical innovation contribute to the national debate on how best to protect patients while fostering innovation and securing benefits.
About the Authors:
Margaret J. Eaton, Pharm. D., J.D.
Margaret Eaton teaches an interdisciplinary course about the bioscience industry, a category that includes biotechnology, pharmaceutical, medical device, genomics, vaccines, and medical diagnostics. Her teaching and case development focuses on the ethical, social, and legal issues that are an inherent feature in the development of these products. To study these issues, Dr. Eaton's classes are comprised of graduate students from the different disciplines that work in these companies - business, medical, bio and chemical engineering, and legal students.
The result is a multidisciplinary approach to a full array of business management dilemmas.
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Donald Kennedy, PhD
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.
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