Biomedical Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
CHAPTER
1
Biomedical Engineering:
A Historical Perspective
Joseph D. Bronzino, PhD, PE
OUTLINE
1.1 The Evolution of the Modern
Health Care System
1.6 Professional Status of Biomedical
Engineering
2
29
1.2 The Modern Health Care System
9
1.7 Professional Societies
30
1.3 What Is Biomedical Engineering?
16
1.8 Exercises
32
1.4 Roles Played by the Biomedical
Engineers
Suggested Readings
33
21
1.5 Recent Advances in Biomedical
Engineering
23
AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS CHAPTER, STUDENTS WILL BE
ABLE TO:
￿ Identify the major role that advances
in medical technology have played in
the establishment of the modern health
care system.
￿ Define what is meant by the term
biomedical engineering
biomedical engineers play in the health
care delivery system.
￿ Explain why biomedical engineers are
professionals.
and the roles
 
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