title: New medical technology: to what does it lead?
abstract: In this paper I first discuss the concept of medical technology. (I thank Knut Arnesen, Arvid Fennefoss, and Aslaug Høye for many informative and educational conversations about problems pertaining to technology). Then, I review some different meanings of the term, and then discuss the relationship between ethics and the scientific method. Finally, the understanding that emerges from this account is applied to a special problem: the relationship between technology and deafness.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Enerstvedt
mesh_terms: D001766:Blindness / Q000628:therapy; D003638:Deafness / Q000628:therapy; D004519:Education, Special; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends*