New medical technologies are a leading driver of U.S. health care spending. This report identifies promising policy options to change which medical technologies are created, with two related policy goals: (1) Reduce total health care spending with the smallest possible loss of health benefits,...

The questions tackled in this paper are: How do we deal with ethically contested medical innovations?, and Can we do better? First, I analyse how we deal with these problems by a division of labour and competitive boundary work between the medical R&D system's research and technological...

Der Schutz der Gesundheit verlangt medizinischen Fortschritt und die tatsächliche Verfügbarkeit von Spitzenmedizin. Allerdings werden damit zusammenhängende Ausgabensteigerungen angesichts der „Kostendämpfungsmaxime"" oft als Fehlentwicklung wahrgenommen. Der Aufsatzband stellt diese...

"This book highlights emergent trends and empirical research on technological innovations in medicine and healthcare, investigating the impact of nanotechnology and nanomechanics on the treatment of diseases, regenerative medicine, and drug delivery systems"--Provided by publisher.