The Social Conditions for Nanomedicine: Disruption, Systems, and Lock-in |
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| Authors: | Robert Best PhD and George Khushf PhD |
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| Institution: | Department of Obstetrics Gynecology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, USA. |
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| Abstract: | Here we consider two ways that nanomedicine might be disruptive. First, low-end disruptions that are intrinsically unpredictable but limited in scope, and second, high end disruptions that involve broader societal issues but can be anticipated, allowing opportunity for ethical reflection. |
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