Title: Describe sociocultural effects of biomedical engineering.
Course: Biomedical Engineering (21049) > Section: Exploring Foundations of Biomedical Engineering

Description should include

- foreseen and unforeseen outcomes
- positive and negative effects
- cultural, medical, financial, political, ethical, and legal or regulatory effects.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is the origin of Ethical, Legal, and Social Issue (ELSI), a program of the Human Genome Project?
- What are the biomedical engineering issues associated with ELSI?
- How does the term trade-off apply to the social effects of biomedical engineering?
- When making biomedical engineering decisions, why is it important to include cultural issues in the decision-making process?
- For a given medical innovation, what are some ethical considerations?
- How does biomedical engineering design differ around the world?
- How is biomedical engineering research and development funded?
- Why is it important to understand statistical analysis in relation to the social effects of biomedical engineering?
- What resources may be used to research social impacts of biomedical engineering?
- What are ethical issues involved in the use of live subjects/animals?