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Assessing Technology for Rehabilitation

Three Cases and Three Countries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Stan N. Finkelstein ,
John Hutton  and
Jan Persson
Stan N. Finkelstein
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
John Hutton
Affiliation:
University of York
Jan Persson
Affiliation:
Linköping University
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Abstract

The rehabilitation field has not always been regarded as the most glamorous or commercially promising section of medical care. But changing attitudes and demographics in many industrial countries have led to increased recognition of opportunity to provide services for individuals with disabilities and those in need of chronic care. As hospitals are under increasing pressure to offer rehabilitation services, this article focuses on three different technologies developed in three different countries, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Type
Special Section: The Organization and Use of Technology in the Hospital Part II: Case Studies
Information
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 3 , Issue 3 , July 1987 , pp. 375 - 385
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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