302 unit3 med-bio

Unit 3 information• Connections between Science & Technology• Diffusion of Technology• Environmental Problems with Application of

Technology• Medical & Biological Technologies

Medical & Biological Tech.• “Most would admit improvements in medical

technologies have made our lives better” (118)

• Yet, technological advance is “never an unmixed blessing” (118)

Medical & Biological Tech., cont.• “Instead of accepting sickness or death …we

increasingly expect that cures will be found, and that they will be made available when we need them.” (119)

• “As a result, medical advances and their associated costs have the potential to expand without limit”, based on supply & demand (119)

Unnecessary

Unsafe

Unkind

Unwise

Appropriate Technologies• While useful, “it may be very difficult to

determine which of these categories applies to particular cases” (120)

• Dialysis “generated a host of non-medical problems” (121)

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How doyou choose?

WhatCriteria?

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HalfwayTechnologies

GeneticScreening

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