Polymers in Medicine WHO International Programme on Chemical Safety wie sich wichtige Aspekte dieser 70174 Stuttgart wie sich wichtige Aspekte dieser Anforderungen funktional wie institutional in Krankenhäusern erfüllen lassen A highly necessary tool in a world where both feedback and non­ linearities abound scien tists with different cultural backgrounds and objectives helped ex tend the meaning of the symposium far beyond the Italian borders and the perspectives of the National Research Council of Italy (CNR) The inten~ tion of the Organizing Committee of the symposium was the promotion of a scientific and cultural initiative to gain the attention of various experts in line research of the potential of suitably de signed "man made" polymeric materials in biomedical applications