01891cam a22003374a 450000100090000000300040000900500170001300800410003001000170007101500190008801600200010701600180012702000290014503500240017404000640019804200080026205000200027008200150029010000370030524500730034226000680041530000410048344000460052450400510057050508130062165000280143465000180146265000270148065000280150765000180153515762202OSt20150408114021.0090602s2010    enkab    b    001 0 eng    a  2009022583  aGBA9672122bnb7 a1015067332DNLM7 a0153076032Uk  a9780521877978 (hardback)  a(OCoLC)ocn370605310  aDNLM/DLCcDLCdNLMdYDXCPdBTCTAdUKMdBWKUKdBWXdCDXdDLC  apcc00aR856b.R53 2010  221a610.281 aRichards-Kortum, Rebecca,d1964-10aBiomedical engineering for global health /cRebecca Richards-Kortum.  aCambridge, UK ;aNew York :bCambridge University Press,c2010.  aviii, 408 p. :bill., maps ;c29 cm. 0aCambridge texts in biomedical engineering  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aEmerging medical technologies : high stakes science and the need for technology assessment -- Bioengineering and technology assessment -- Health and economic data : a global comparison -- World health and global health challenges -- Healthcare systems : a global comparison -- Healthcare costs vs. time : trends and drivers -- The evolution of technology : scientific method, engineering design and translational research -- Prevention of infectious disease -- Ethics of clinical research -- Technologies for early detection and prevention of cancer -- Cost-effectiveness of screening for disease -- Technologies for treatment of heart disease -- Clinical trial design and sample size calculation -- Technology diffusion -- Regulation of health care technologies -- Future of bioengineering and world health. 0aBiomedical engineering. 0aWorld health.12aBiomedical Technology.22aBiomedical Engineering.22aWorld Health.