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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.4081/nd.2011.e1

Health technology assessment processes for nanotechnologies: the ethical domain

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Received: 15 April 2011
Accepted: 29 July 2011
Published: 12 August 2011
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health technology assessment, nanotechnology, bioethics.

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Antonio G. Spagnolo
agspagnolo@gmail.com
Institute of Bioethics, A. Gemelli School of Medicine, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
Pietro Refolo
Institute of Bioethics, A. Gemelli School of Medicine, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
Dario Sacchini
Institute of Bioethics, A. Gemelli School of Medicine, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
Viviana Daloiso
Institute of Bioethics, A. Gemelli School of Medicine, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
The ethical assessment of the use of technologies is generally considered a component of the health technology assessment (HTA) processes. HTA is a multidisciplinary process that summarizes information about medical, economic, organizational, ethical, psychological, social and legal issues related to the implementation of a certain health technology in health care system and its main purpose is to inform policymaking. Unlike the other technologies nanotechnologies pose different risks and, therefore, new bioethical implications should be assessed. So, the ethical assessment of nanotechnologies within the HTA processes could be more problematic. The article intends to debate this complexity.

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Antonio G. Spagnolo, Institute of Bioethics, A. Gemelli School of Medicine, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome
Full professor, Director, Institute of Bioethics

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Health technology assessment processes for nanotechnologies: the ethical domain. (2011). Nanotechnology Development, 1(1), e1. https://doi.org/10.4081/nd.2011.e1