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Innovation in Medical Technology: Ethical Issues and Challenges Margaret L. Eaton and Donald Kennedy. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007. ISBN 0-8018-8526-4, 155 PAGES, CLOTH, $35.00.
The rapid pace of medical innovation poses complex ethical challenges. In Innovation in Medical Technology, Eaton and Kennedy explore the case studies and reflections from the Lasker Forum on Ethical Challenges in Biomedical Research and Practice, held in Washington DC, on May 15 and 16, 2003. Seeking to investigate the adjoining areas of innovative clinical practice and more formal research, the forum focused on informal ways to improve the process of medical innovation, such as nongovernmental oversight, better disclosure to patients, and better collection and distribution of data.
Eaton and Kennedy seek "to provide educational material about...