How medical practice evolves: Learning to treat failing hearts with an implantable device

Research Policy

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 511-525

  Morlacchi, Piera ^a   Nelson, Richard R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical scientific understanding; Clinical research; Evaluation; Evolution; Learning; Medical practice; Medical technologies; Policy

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EVALUATION; EVOLUTION; LEARNING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES; POLICY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); INNOVATION; RESEARCH; TECHNOLOGY;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 79953246568     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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