Biomedical Engineering for Global Health (Cambridge Texts in Biomedical Engineering)
Cambridge University Press, 10/29/2009
EAN 9780521877978, ISBN10: 0521877970
Hardcover, 418 pages, 27.6 x 21.9 x 2.3 cm
Language: English
Can technology and innovation transform world health? Connecting undergraduate students with global problems, Rebecca Richards-Kortum examines the interplay between biomedical technology design and the medical, regulatory, economic, social and ethical issues surrounding global health. Driven by case studies, including cancer screening, imaging technologies, implantable devices and vaccines, students learn how the complexities and variation across the globe affect the design of devices and therapies. A wealth of learning features, including classroom activities, project assignments, homework problems and weblinks within the book and online, provide a full teaching package. For visionary general science and biomedical engineering courses, this book will inspire students to engage in solving global issues that face us all.
Preface
1. Emerging medical technologies
high stakes science and the need for technology assessment
2. Bioengineering and technology assessment
3. Health and 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.
'As part of the Clinton Global Initiative, Rice University is launching a major initiative in global health technologies to narrow the unconscionable gap in life expectancy between rich and poor. This beautifully written volume by Rebecca Richards-Kortum will inspire and empower the next generation of engineers to make global health their calling. As President Clinton has said, 'today's generation of young people holds more power than any generation before them to make a positive impact on the world.' The next Jonas Salk or Maurice Hilleman will definitely have this book close at hand.' Thomas Kalil, University of California, Berkeley and Clinton Global Initiative