Medical innovation : : science, technology and practice / / edited by Davide Consoli. [et al.].

This book brings together a collection of empirical case studies featuring a wide spectrum of medical innovation. While there is no unique pathway to successful medical innovation, recurring and distinctive features can be observed across different areas of clinical practice. This book examines why...

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Superior document:Routledge international studies in health economics
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Place / Publishing House:New York : : Routledge,, 2016.
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Routledge international studies in health economics.
Physical Description:1 online resource (213 pages) :; illustrations.
Notes:Chapter 5, Technological accretion in diagnostics: HPV testing and cytology in cervical cancer screening, available Open Access
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. The intra-ocular lens revolution / Stan Metcalfe, Andrea Mina and Andrew James
  • 2. Coronary artery disease / Andrea Mina [and others]
  • 3. The evolution of the left ventricular assist device as a treatment for heart failure / Piera Morlacchi and Richard R. Nelson
  • 4. Uncertainty in the hybridisation of new medical devices : the artificial disc case / David Barberá-Tomás
  • 5. Technological accretion in diagnostics : HPV testing and cytology in cervical cancer screening / Stuart Hogarth, Michael Hopkins and Daniele Rotolo
  • 6. Poliomyelitis vaccine innovation / Ohid Yaqub
  • 7. Glaucoma : the silent thief of sight / Davide Consoli and Ronnie Ramlogan.