Technology assessment and technology policy in Europe: New concepts, new goals, new infrastructures

1995 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 271-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruud Smits ◽  
Jos Leyten ◽  
Pim Den Hertog
Keyword(s):  
Technology Assessment ◽  
Technology Policy ◽  
New Concepts

Anticipatory and Participatory Governance: Revisiting Technology Assessment on Nuclear Energy in Japan

2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (sp) ◽  
pp. 511-516 ◽  
Author(s):  
Go Yoshizawa ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Technology Assessment ◽  
Technology Policy ◽  
Diverse Range ◽  
Nuclear Disaster ◽  
Consensus Conferences ◽  
Energy Governance ◽  
The Future ◽  
Expert Community ◽  
Current Science ◽  
Independent Organization

Technology assessment has come into the spotlight several times since the 1970s, but serious misinterpretations caused by the ideas of engineering orientation, safety myth and self-management have impeded its effective societal embedding. Even in this post-3/11 period, thesemisinterpretations are implied in the current science and technology policy plan and suggested as causes of the nuclear accident in the interim report of the governmental investigation committee. In thinking about the future nuclear governance in Japan, wider participation is a key to opening up the closed expert community and escaping from the shortsightedness of nuclear governance. Careful attention should be paid, however, as ever, to simply setting up an “independent” organization and/or conducting participatory events such as public forums and consensus conferences. Individual connections, cognitions and commitments of a diverse range of participants incorporated into institutional and managerial reform can, instead, be seen as a hope for restoring anticipatory energy governance while preventing another severe nuclear disaster in the future.

Ethical Challenges Related to Patient Involvement in Health Technology Assessment

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 253-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meredith Vanstone ◽  
Julia Abelson ◽  
Julia Bidonde ◽  
Kenneth Bond ◽  
Raquel Burgess ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Technology Assessment ◽  
Technology Assessment ◽  
Patient Engagement ◽  
Patient Involvement ◽  
Technology Policy ◽  
Health Technology ◽  
Ethical Challenges ◽  
Policy Decisions ◽  
The Past ◽  
Ethical Violations

AbstractIncluding information and values from patients in HTA has the potential to improve both the process and outcomes of health technology policy decisions. Accordingly, funding and structural incentives to include patients in HTA activities have increased over the past several years. Unfortunately, these incentives have not yet been accompanied by a corresponding increase in resources, time, or commitment to responsiveness. In this Perspectives piece, we reflect on our collective experiences participating in, conducting, and overseeing patient engagement activities within HTA to highlight the ethical challenges associated with this area of activity. While we remain committed to the idea that patient engagement activities strengthen the findings, relevance, and legitimacy of health technology policy, we are deeply concerned about the potential for these activities to do ethical harm. We use this analysis to call for action to introduce strong protections against ethical violations that may harm patients participating in HTA engagement activities.

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