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.
| ISBN: | 9780521877978 |
| Publication date: | 29th October 2009 |
| Author: | Rebecca Rice University, Houston RichardsKortum |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 418 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Texts in Biomedical Engineering |
| Genres: |
Biomedical engineering |
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.
Biomedical Engineering for Global Health features in the following genres: Biomedical engineering
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Biomedical Engineering for Global Health was written by Rebecca Rice University, Houston RichardsKortum and published by Cambridge University Press
Biomedical Engineering for Global Health has 418 pages
Yes it is part of Cambridge Texts in Biomedical Engineering series
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