Abstract

The substantial increase of the medical needs in society triggered the development of various medical domains which generated a wide field for the applicability of biomedical technologies, and thus facilitated new perspectives in the worldwide management of important health issues. Biomedical technologies are a useful segment of contemporary medicine and an omnipresent component of modern society, while they also provide enough reasons in support of the assertion that their implementation in current health care should not be an exception. However, scientific progress maintained by application of biomedical technologies in research, treatment and prevention is challenged by several ethical and moral issues. Therefore, within the framework of ethical discussions regarding the impact of biomedical technologies, the emphasis placed on the moral qualities of technological interventions is equivalent with the interest to evaluate quantifiable medical consequencest.

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