TY - JOUR
T1 - HTA processes for nanotechnologies: the ethical domain.
AU - Spagnolo, Antonio Gioacchino
AU - Refolo, Pietro
AU - Sacchini, Dario
AU - Daloiso, Viviana
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - The ethical assessment of the use of technologies is generally considered a component of the health technology assessment (HTA) processes. HTA is a multidisciplinary process that summarizes information about medical,
economic, organizational, ethical, psychological, social and legal issues related to the implementation of a certain health technology in health care system and its main purpose is to
inform policymaking. Unlike the other technologies nanotechnologies pose different risks and, therefore, new bioethical implications should be assessed. So, the ethical assessment
of nanotechnologies within the HTA processes could be more problematic. The article intends to debate this complexity.
AB - The ethical assessment of the use of technologies is generally considered a component of the health technology assessment (HTA) processes. HTA is a multidisciplinary process that summarizes information about medical,
economic, organizational, ethical, psychological, social and legal issues related to the implementation of a certain health technology in health care system and its main purpose is to
inform policymaking. Unlike the other technologies nanotechnologies pose different risks and, therefore, new bioethical implications should be assessed. So, the ethical assessment
of nanotechnologies within the HTA processes could be more problematic. The article intends to debate this complexity.
KW - bioethics
KW - health technology assessment
KW - nanotechnology
KW - bioethics
KW - health technology assessment
KW - nanotechnology
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/13810
UR - http://pagepress.org/journals/index.php/nd/index
U2 - 10.4081/nd.2011.e1
DO - 10.4081/nd.2011.e1
M3 - Article
SN - 2038-968X
VL - 1
SP - 1
EP - 3
JO - NANOTECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
JF - NANOTECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
ER -