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The Grand Challenges of Medical Technology [PDF]
Frontiers in Medical Technology, 2020 El Haj, J H Alicia
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Technology and medical practice [PDF]
Sociology of Health & Illness, 2003 AbstractOne of the most significant developments in healthcare over the past 25 years has been the widespread deployment of information and communication technologies. These technologies have had a wide‐ranging impact on the organisation of healthcare, on professional practice and on patients’ experience of illness and its management.
Heath, C, Luff, P, Svensson, M S
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The practice of medical technology [PDF]
Sociology of Health & Illness, 2003 AbstractIn this article, we review 25 years of sociological scholarship published inSociology of Health and Illnesson medical technologies. We divide the literature into three theoretical perspectives: technological determinism views medical technology as a political force to shape social relationships, social essentialism emphasizes how medical ...
Marc Berg, Stefan Timmermans
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Commercializing medical technology [PDF]
Cytotechnology, 2007 As medicine moves into the 21st century, life saving therapies will move from inception into medical products faster if there is a better synergy between science and business. Medicine appears to have 50-year innovative cycles of education and scientific discoveries.
Mark A. Lieberman, Kevin Scanlon
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International Medical Technology Diffusion [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2005 Abstract Does medical technology generated in frontier countries have a significant impact on health outcomes in the rest of the world? This paper considers a framework where non-frontier countries may benefit from medical innovation that is embodied in medical imports or diffuses in the form of ideas. Using a novel dataset from a cross-section of 63
Papageorgiou, Chris +5 more
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Assigning Functions to Medical Technologies [PDF]
Philosophy & Technology, 2016 Modern health care relies extensively on the use of technologies for assessing and treating patients, so it is important to be certain that health care technologies (i.e., pharmaceuticals, devices, procedures, and organizational systems) perform their professed functions in an effective and safe manner. Philosophers of technology have developed methods
Alexander Mebius +2 more
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Laymen and Medical Technology [PDF]
Annual Review of Public Health, 1981 The report of the US Surgeon-General for 1980 begins with the auspicious statement that the American people have never been healthier (1). As prime evidence, the report cites the fact that life expectancy for both sexes is now in the mid-seventies. Four diseases that at the tum of the century were major killers-diphtheria, tuberculosis, gastroenteritis,
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Sensors Technology for Medical Robotics
Sensors, 2022 There are many definitions for the concept of a robot, perhaps too many; it has even been said that we do not know how to define them, but when we see a robot, we identify it [...]
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Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2013 AbstractNowadays, medicine makes effective treatments for diseases and injuries, establishing on existing discoveries and knowledge. As applying the portable electronic devices are increased in everyday life, medical science needs to accept and welcome modernization so that we can begin building guidelines for the proper use of technology. Medicine and
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The 'economics' of medical technology.
South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde, 1993 The word 'economics' is used in this paper in its widest sense, referring to issues that 'influence the management, regulation and government of an enterprise'. In addition to the obvious monetary issues in health-care technology, social, ethical, legal and cultural issues are also discussed.
Járos, G.G., Boonzaier, D.A.
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