Biomedical Ethics for Engineers

Informationen zum Autor Professor Daniel A. Vallero is a renowned environmental scientist and engineer with four decades of experience. He has advised U.S. government agencies on critical issues like PBTs, climate change, acid rain, and chemical risks. At Duke University, he led the Engineering Ethics program and taught courses on air pollution, sustainable design, and ethics. Vallero has served on the National Academy of Engineering's Online Ethics Committee and the National Institute of Engineering Ethics. An expert in emerging technologies, he focuses on societal, ethical, and public health challenges related to nanotechnology and environmental biotechnology. His work also encompasses emergency response and homeland security, making him a leading voice in environmental risk and ethics. Klappentext Biomedical Ethics for Engineers provides biomedical engineers with a new set of tools and an understanding that the application of ethical measures will seldom reach consensus even among fellow engineers and scientists. The solutions are never completely technical, so the engineer must continue to improve the means of incorporating a wide array of societal perspectives, without sacrificing sound science and good design principles.Dan Vallero understands that engineering is a profession that profoundly affects the quality of life from the subcellular and nano to the planetary scale. Protecting and enhancing life is the essence of ethics; thus every engineer and design professional needs a foundation in bioethics. In high-profile emerging fields such as nanotechnology, biotechnology and green engineering, public concerns and attitudes become especially crucial factors given the inherent uncertainties and high stakes involved. Ethics thus means more than a commitment to abide by professional norms of conduct. This book discusses the full suite of emerging biomedical and environmental issues that must be addressed by engineers and scientists within a global and societal context. In addition it gives technical professionals tools to recognize and address bioethical questions and illustrates that an understanding of the application of these measures will seldom reach consensus even among fellow engineers and scientists. Zusammenfassung Aims to provide professional engineers! scientists and researchers as well as engineering students with a comprehensive primer on Biomedical Ethics. This work is a working tool for biomedical engineers in the age of technology. It includes numerous case studies to illustrate the direct application of ethical techniques and standards. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Prologue: Chapter 1: Bioethics: A Creative Approach Chapter 2: Bioethics and the Engineer Chapter 3: An Engineered Future: Human EnhancementChapter 4: The Bioethical Engineer Chapter 5: Bioethical Research and Technological Development Chapter 6: Safety, Risk and Reliability as Measures of BioethicsChapter 7: Bioethical Success and Failure Chapter 8: Justice and Fairness as Engineering Concepts Chapter 9: Sustainable Bioethics Chapter 10: Engineering Wisdom Epilogue: Practical BioethicsBioethics Resources for the EngineerSuggested ReadingsUseful WebsitesAppendix 1: National Society of Professional Engineers - Code of Ethics for EngineersAppendix 2: Biomedical Engineering Society Code of Ethics...

Klappentext

Biomedical Ethics for Engineers provides biomedical engineers with a new set of tools and an understanding that the application of ethical measures will seldom reach consensus even among fellow engineers and scientists. The solutions are never completely technical, so the engineer must continue to improve the means of incorporating a wide array of societal perspectives, without sacrificing sound science and good design principles.Dan Vallero understands that engineering is a profession that profoundly affects the quality of life from the subcellular and nano to the planetary scale. Protecting and enhancing life is the essence of ethics; thus every engineer and design professional needs a foundation in bioethics. In high-profile emerging fields such as nanotechnology, biotechnology and green engineering, public concerns and attitudes become especially crucial factors given the inherent uncertainties and high stakes involved. Ethics thus means more than a commitment to abide by professional norms of conduct. This book discusses the full suite of emerging biomedical and environmental issues that must be addressed by engineers and scientists within a global and societal context. In addition it gives technical professionals tools to recognize and address bioethical questions and illustrates that an understanding of the application of these measures will seldom reach consensus even among fellow engineers and scientists.

Zusammenfassung
Aims to provide professional engineers, scientists and researchers as well as engineering students with a comprehensive primer on Biomedical Ethics. This work is a working tool for biomedical engineers in the age of technology. It includes numerous case studies to illustrate the direct application of ethical techniques and standards.

Inhalt

Preface Prologue: Chapter 1: Bioethics: A Creative Approach Chapter 2: Bioethics and the Engineer Chapter 3: An Engineered Future: Human EnhancementChapter 4: The Bioethical Engineer Chapter 5: Bioethical Research and Technological Development Chapter 6: Safety, Risk and Reliability as Measures of BioethicsChapter 7: Bioethical Success and Failure Chapter 8: Justice and Fairness as Engineering Concepts Chapter 9: Sustainable Bioethics Chapter 10: Engineering Wisdom Epilogue: Practical BioethicsBioethics Resources for the EngineerSuggested ReadingsUseful WebsitesAppendix 1: National Society of Professional Engineers - Code of Ethics for EngineersAppendix 2: Biomedical Engineering Society Code of Ethics