Anticipating and Assessing Health Care Technology Potentials for Home Care Technology

As noted in the Foreword, this report is one of several volumes resulting from this study of future health care technology. The purpose of the study, as formulated by the STG, was to analyze future health care technology. Part of the task was to develop an 'early warning system' for health...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Scenario Commission on Future Health Care Technology
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1988, 1988
Edition:1st ed. 1988
Series:Future Health Scenarios
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • I — General Issues In Home Care
  • Section 1 — Home Care
  • Section 2 — The Present System of Home-Care in the Netherlands
  • II — General Introduction To Technologies For Home Care
  • Section 3 — Some Important Technologies Not Involving Equipment
  • Section 4 — Medical Technologies in the Home
  • Section 5 — Technologies Addressed to Improving Functioning
  • Section 6 — Telecommunications and Computers in Home Care
  • Section 7 — Conclusions
  • Appendixes
  • Appendix A. Method of the Project
  • Appendix B. Glossary of Terms
  • Appendix C. Glossary of Acronyms
  • Appendix D. References
  • Appendix E. Acknowledgements