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Current practices in high-tech home care / Lenard W. Kaye, Joan K. Davitt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kaye, Lenard W.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Home care services--Technological innovations.
- Home care services.
- Medical technology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (303 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Springer Pub. Co., c1999.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book offers convenient access to information about the benefits, drawbacks and challenges of importing high-technology medical care into the home care programs. It is both a descriptive report of research-based observations, and an interpretive analysis of major issues and policies in the delivery of technology-enhanced care. The authors bring to the forefront evidence-based current home care practices, such as ventilator therapy and artificial nutrition infusion pumps, and develop them through complete discussions of legal, ethical and administrative issues they entail. Agency administra
- Contents:
- Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; PART I: SETTING THE SCENE; PART II: OBSERVATIONS FROM THE FIELD: NATIONAL AND LOCAL PERSPECTIVES; PART III: SPECIAL PRACTICE ISSUES AND APPLICATIONS; References; Appendixes; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-243) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-80609-9
- 9786611806095
- 0-8261-9699-3
- OCLC:
- 476262093
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