Emerging Technologies for Diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease: Innovating with Care (Health, Technology and Society)
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Hardcover. Editor(s): van Lente, Harro. Series: Health Technology and Society. Num Pages: 313 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JHBK; MBGR; MBN; MQCL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 217 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
This book explores international biomedical research and development on the early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. It offers timely, multidisciplinary reflections on the social and ethical issues raised by promises of early diagnostics and asks under which conditions emerging diagnostic technologies can be considered a responsible innovation.
The initial chapters in this edited volume provide an overview and a critical discussion of recent developments in biomedical research on Alzheimer's disease. Subsequent contributions explore the values at stake in current practices of dealing with Alzheimer's disease and dementia, both within and outside the biomedical domain. Novel diagnostic technologies for Alzheimer's disease emerge ... Read more
This book explores international biomedical research and development on the early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. It offers timely, multidisciplinary reflections on the social and ethical issues raised by promises of early diagnostics and asks under which conditions emerging diagnostic technologies can be considered a responsible innovation.
The initial chapters in this edited volume provide an overview and a critical discussion of recent developments in biomedical research on Alzheimer's disease. Subsequent contributions explore the values at stake in current practices of dealing with Alzheimer's disease and dementia, both within and outside the biomedical domain. Novel diagnostic technologies for Alzheimer's disease emerge ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
Health Technology and Society
Number of Pages
286
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137540966
SKU
V9781137540966
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Ref
99-15
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Marianne Boenink is Assistant Professor at the Department of Philosophy, University of Twente, The Netherlands. Her research focuses on the philosophical and ethical issues posed by emerging biomedical technologies. She has published on the ethics of predictive testing, concepts of disease in molecular medicine, and methods for ethics of emerging technologies. Harro van Lente is Full Professor of Science and ... Read more
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