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Technologies for clinically relevant physiological measurements in developing countries.

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Malkin, RA
Published in: Physiological measurement
August 2007

The 'Health for All by 2000' campaign included promotion of technologies that were known to be effective and inexpensive. The selected technologies were largely a failure. Among other problems, water pumps broke and could not be repaired in remote areas and latrines became disease concentration points when they were not properly maintained. These same problems plague more sophisticated healthcare technology. It is not sufficient for a technology to be known, effective and inexpensive for it to help the people of the developing world. There are additional obstacles. This article reviews the data, suggesting what additional obstacles exist to the successful implementation of healthcare technologies for the developing world with a particular emphasis on physiological measurements such as clinical laboratory and diagnostic medicine.

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Physiological measurement

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EISSN

1361-6579

ISSN

0967-3334

Publication Date

August 2007

Volume

28

Issue

8

Start / End Page

R57 / R63

Related Subject Headings

  • Humans
  • Developing Countries
  • Biomedical Technology
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • 4003 Biomedical engineering
  • 3208 Medical physiology
  • 1116 Medical Physiology
  • 0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • 0903 Biomedical Engineering
 

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Malkin, R. A. (2007). Technologies for clinically relevant physiological measurements in developing countries. Physiological Measurement, 28(8), R57–R63. https://doi.org/10.1088/0967-3334/28/8/r01
Malkin, Robert A. “Technologies for clinically relevant physiological measurements in developing countries.Physiological Measurement 28, no. 8 (August 2007): R57–63. https://doi.org/10.1088/0967-3334/28/8/r01.
Malkin RA. Technologies for clinically relevant physiological measurements in developing countries. Physiological measurement. 2007 Aug;28(8):R57–63.
Malkin, Robert A. “Technologies for clinically relevant physiological measurements in developing countries.Physiological Measurement, vol. 28, no. 8, Aug. 2007, pp. R57–63. Epmc, doi:10.1088/0967-3334/28/8/r01.
Malkin RA. Technologies for clinically relevant physiological measurements in developing countries. Physiological measurement. 2007 Aug;28(8):R57–R63.
Journal cover image

Published In

Physiological measurement

DOI

EISSN

1361-6579

ISSN

0967-3334

Publication Date

August 2007

Volume

28

Issue

8

Start / End Page

R57 / R63

Related Subject Headings

  • Humans
  • Developing Countries
  • Biomedical Technology
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • 4003 Biomedical engineering
  • 3208 Medical physiology
  • 1116 Medical Physiology
  • 0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • 0903 Biomedical Engineering