Technology

This article discusses changes in nurses training and new hospital management strategies. Illustrates how the work environment for nurses has transformed and introduces the controversy of technology vs hands-on care.  

This article consists of excerpts from an address delivered in Toronto on March 13, 1983 entitled "The Politics of Reproduction." Weaves together a number of themes and concerns in an effort to identify how women's experience has been appropriated and redefined by men, and what women must do to reclaim our experience. 

This article discusses the influx of Video Display Terminals in workplaces. Explains VDTs and how they are harmful for clerical workers. Introduces strategies for change. 

Presents a compilation of technology information, tips, tutorials, and frequently asked questions for women with disabilities.

Describes how abusers are using technology against victims and how victims can use technology to enhance safety.

Provides an evaluation and comparison of manual vacuum aspiration (MVA) instruments. Lists the cross-compatibility of equipment from various manufacturers, and provides information about the products and their manufacturers.

Compiliation of useful websites to investigate when conducting a Health Technology Assesment (HTA).

Provides a collection of papers that examine health expenditures, ageing, technology and outcomes, and other issues of health system performance.

Debates the validity of health technologies as diagnostic tools, in particular bone mineral density testing and hormone replacement therapy.

Reviews international projects and initiatives related to tele-homecare. Tele-homecare is the use of information and communication technologies to enable effective delivery and management of health services in a patient's residence.