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Impact of Technology on the Education of Health Care Professionals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Jennifer M. Laidlaw
Affiliation:
The University of Dundee, Scotland
R. M. Harden
Affiliation:
The University of Dundee, Scotland

Extract

A rapid development in health care delivery has been the increasing use of technology. Technology will continue to transform medical practice and all health care workers are involved with technology by accident or design. This has resulted in technology dominating many health policy decisions (4).

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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