title: The social conditions for nanomedicine: disruption, systems, and lock-in.
abstract: Here we consider two ways that nanomedicine might be disruptive. First, low-end disruptions that are intrinsically unpredictable but limited in scope, and second, high end disruptions that involve broader societal issues but can be anticipated, allowing opportunity for ethical reflection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics Gynecology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, USA.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Best
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Khushf
mesh_terms: D019981:Health Care Sector; D006801:Humans; D050997:Nanomedicine / Q000191:economics* / Q000941:ethics / Q000639:trends; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D012924:Social Conditions; D012940:Social Problems; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical