Technology Assessment: Old, New, and Needs-based
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 March 2009
Abstract
Recent health reports, including the 1993 World Development Report, have emphasized the importance of integrating the needs of the population into technology assessment. This paper reviews previous approaches to technology assessment and identifies the missing link between technology and its impact on the physical, emotional, and social needs of the community, namely needs-based technology assessment. It stresses the key role played by issues of equity and community values in making technology decisions. A number of models for needs-based technology assessment are described.
- Type
- Special Section: Needs-Based Technology Assessment: Who Can Afford Not to Use It?
- Information
- International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 11 , Issue 4 , Fall 1995 , pp. 650 - 662
- Copyright
- Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995
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