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    J Law Med Ethics. 2007 Winter;35(4):629-42, 512.

    Nanotechnology in global medicine and human biosecurity: private interests, policy dilemmas, and the calibration of public health law.

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    College of Law and Medical School at the Australian National University.

    Abstract

    This paper considers how best to approach dilemmas posed to global health and biosecurity policy by increasing advances in practical applications of nanotechnology. The type of nano-technology policy dilemmas discussed include: (1) expenditure of public funds, (2) public-funded research priorities, (3) public confidence in government and science and, finally, (4) public safety. The article examines the value in this context of a legal obligation that the development of relevant public health law be calibrated against less corporate-influenced norms issuing from bioethics and international human rights.

    PMID:
    18076514
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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