Humans and Devices in Medical Contexts Case Studies from Japan
This book explores the ways in which socio-technical settings in medical contexts find varying articulations in a specific locale. Focusing on Japan, it consists of nine case studies on topics concerning: experiences with radiation in Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Fukushima; patient security, end-of-life...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Singapore
Palgrave Macmillan
2021, 2021
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2021 |
| Series: | Health, Technology and Society
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1 Introduction to the Edited Volume
- 2 Theoretical Reflections on Medical Devices and the Sociocultural Context in the Locale of Japan
- Section A: Experiences with Radiation
- 3 Knowledge and Culture Behind the Dosimetry System: Japanese Scientists, Radioactive Disasters, and the Technologies for Measuring Radioactivity in the 20th Century
- 4 Monitoring Disaster: 3.11, Radiation Measurement, and Public Health in Fukushima
- Section B: Patient Safety, End-of-life and High-tech Medicine
- 5 On the Japanese Controversy over a Standardised Brain-Death Diagnostic Procedure in the 1980s-1990s
- 6 Medical Technology, Terminal Care, and Criminal Law: Court Cases from Japan
- 7 The Role of Incident-Reporting Systems for Improving Patient Safety in Japanese Hospitals: A Comparative Perspective
- Section C: Innovation and Diffusion of Medical Devices
- 8 The Postwar Medtech Industry in Japan: A Business History Perspective
- 9 Close Collaboration between Medical Professionals and Engineers in Innovation in Medical Devices: The Liaising Platform “Commons for Medicine and Engineering Japan”
- Section D: Engineering and Evaluating Medical Technology
- 10 Empowering Patients in the Interactive Unity with Machines: A Study on Engineers and Engineering of the Robotic Rehabilitation System HAL (Hybrid Assistive Limb)
- 11 Innovative Technology, Clinical Trials, and Patients’ Subjective Evaluation: The Case of the Cyborg-type Robot HAL and the Treatment of Functional Regeneration in Patients with Rare Incurable Neuromuscular Diseases in Japan
- 12 Conclusions on Socio–Technical Settings in Medical Contexts from the Locale of Japan