Biomedical engineering for global health /
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| Author / Creator: | Richards-Kortum, Rebecca, 1964- |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009. |
| Description: | viii, 408 p. : ill. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Cambridge texts in biomedical engineering |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8209227 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- 1. Emerging medical technologies: high stakes science and the need for technology assessment
- 2. Bioengineering and technology assessment
- 3. Health & economic data: a global comparison
- 4. World health and global health challenges
- 5. Healthcare systems: a global comparison
- 6. Healthcare costs vs. time: trends and drivers
- 7. The evolution of technology: scientific method, engineering design, and translational research
- 8. Prevention of infectious disease
- 9. Ethics of clinical research
- 10. Technologies for early detection and prevention of cancer
- 11. Cost-effectiveness of screening for disease
- 12. Technologies for treatment of heart disease
- 13. Clinical trial design and sample size calculation
- 14. Technology diffusion
- 15. Regulation of health care technologies
- 16. Future of bioengineering and world health
- Index