Stanley J. Resier

The Machine at the Bedside

Strategies for Using Technology in Patient Care
Herausgeber: Reiser, Stanley Joel; Anbar, Michael

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This 1984 work examines concepts and strategies for using health care technology effectively and humanely at the bedside.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 382
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. September 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 579g
• ISBN-13: 9780521318327
• ISBN-10: 0521318327
• Artikelnr.: 29338057

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword; preface; Part I. Overview: 1. The machine at the bedside:
technological transformations of practices and values; Part II. Scientific
Dimensions of Technology: 2. Penetrating the black box: physical principles
behind health care technology; 3. Biological bullets: side effects of
health care technology; Part III. Creation and Dissemination of Technology:
4. The engineering-industrial innovations: clinical diffusion of health
care technology; 5. Embracing or rejecting innovations: clinical diffusion
of health care technology; Part IV. Organizing Technology in Clinical
Settings: 6. Technology' front line: the intensive care unit; 7. Action
with dispatch: technology in the emergency department; Part V. Applying
Technology in Clinical Practice: 8. The unwanted suitor: law and the use of
health care technology; 9. The machine and the marketplace: economic
considerations in applying health care technology; 10. The technological
strategist: employing techniques of clinical decision making; 11. The
technological target: involving the patient in clinical choices; 12. Does
technology work? Judging the validity of clinical evidence; Case studies;
Index.