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Technology and Disability: Assessment Needs and Potential

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

John Hutton  and
Jan Persson
John Hutton
Affiliation:
Battelle MEDTAP, London
Jan Persson
Affiliation:
Linköping University
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In assessing technologies for disabled people, the aims of habilitative or rehabilitative interventions, the concepts of disability and handicap, and the potential of existing and emerging technologies in various social arenas, as well as the structure of service delivery systems, are of importance. A discussion of these issues in the light of previous work on cost and effectiveness in the field is given.

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Special Section: Technology and Disability
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International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , Spring 1995 , pp. 135 - 143
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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