Humans and devices in medical contexts case studies from Japan / Susanne Brucksch, Kaori Sasaki, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brucksch, Susanne, editor.

Sasaki, Kaori, editor.

EBSCOhost.

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Series:

Health, technology, and society

Health, technology and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical instruments and apparatus--Japan--Case studies.

Medical instruments and apparatus.

Medical innovations--Japan--Case studies.

Medical innovations.

Japan.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.

System Details:

text file

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 SocioTechnical Settings in Medical Contexts from the Locale of Japan.

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.

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Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

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ISBN:

9789813362802

9813362804

Publisher Number:

99988640057

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