NR ANPH
AU Williams,D.
TI Public confidence in medical technology
QU Medical Device Technology 2002 Dec; 13(10): 11-3
PT journal article
AB Three headlines have appeared in the British press recently, all of which concern health-care issues related to technology, and which have profound implications for public confidence in medical practice. Once again, at the year's end, it is necessary to reassess our own procedures and safeguards to prevent erosion of public confidence in our industry.
MH *Attitude to Health; Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome/prevention & control; Equipment Contamination/prevention & control; Fertilization in Vitro/ethics/trends; Gene Therapy/ethics/trends; Great Britain; Human; *Mass Media; *Public Opinion; Public Relations; Sterilization; Surgical Instruments; Technology, Medical/ethics/*trends
AD Department of Clinical Engineering, University of Liverpool. dfw.ce@liverpool.ac.uk
SP englisch
PO England