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and health-care professionals, etc. In Chapter 12, Alireza Parandian exam-
ines current gaps in the innovation chain for the case of Body Area Networks
for health monitoring.
In Chapter 13, Ineke Malsch applies the capability approach proposed by
philosopher Martha Nussbaum to case studies of nanotechnology policies
in three middle-income countries in Latin America. This approach offers
potential for a new, more integrated governance of nanotechnology in the
interest of global human health, by taking into account interests of people in
developing countries, and potential risks as well as benefits to human health.
1.3.8 Conclusions
Claude Emond summarizes the main findings of the different chapters in
the volume.
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