《生命科学》 2009, 21(2): 205-207

生物医学工程的精要、责任和展望

CHAO Edmund YS

美国约翰霍普金斯大学Mayo 临床及医学院

摘　要：摘 要：作为工程学的直属分支，建立生物医学工程学科的主要目的不是为了开辟一个新的科学研究领域，而是为了借助工程学的方法来解决生物医学领域所面临的实际问题，以及借助工程师们所接受的专业训练、所拥有的专业知识、所具备的工作技巧来提高医疗服务的质量和效果。工程学与生物医学的结合已取得了一些具有里程碑性质的成果。在中低收入国家，例如中国，生物医学工程有责任保证合理使用专业技术，为低廉、可靠、有效的医疗服务提供支持。本文将根据可预见和不可预见的学科发展限制和困难，对学科发展的现实目标和责任进行严肃、冷静地讨论。
关键词：生物医学工程；医学伦理；替代医学

The essence， obligations and expectations of biomedical engineering

CHAO Edmund YS

Johns Hopkins University， Mayo Clinic & School of Medicine， USA

Abstract: Abstract：As an authentic branch of the engineering profession， the essence of biomedical engineering was to stress upon the practical application aspect rather than creating another new field of scientific pursue on its own. The motivation of establishing such specialty was to utilize the unique training， special skills and technological know-how of the engineering profession to help medicine for the purpose of improving the quality and effectiveness of health care. Such collaborative effort has produced landmark achievements. The biomedical engineering profession has the burden and obligation to assure the proper use of biotechnology for reliable， effective and economically affordable health care in low and moderate-income countries including China. This presentation provides a sobering discussion on the realistic goals and obligations of this discipline in the light of unforeseen and forthcoming constraints and obstacles.
Key words: biomedical engineering; medical ethnic; complementary & alternative medicine care