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This paper presents a definition of the concept of obtrusiveness. Within this definition, twenty-two categories of what may be perceived as obtrusive in home telehealth technology are proposed based on a review of the literature. These categories are grouped into eight dimensions.
- Brian K. Hensel, George Demiris, Karen L. Courtney
- 10.1197/jamia.M2026
- 2006
- Jul-Aug 2006
Jul 1, 2006 · But when patients use medical devices in their homes, the technologies have to fit into their lives. We investigated the technology acceptance of seven digital devices for home use.
May 3, 2023 · Abstract. Medical devices are often referred to as being invasive or non-invasive. Though invasiveness is relevant, and central, to how devices are understood and regarded in medicine and...
Undesirable outcomes (negative affect and maladaptive behavior) occur whenever competence and press are significantly mismatched, e.g., when either greatly exceeds the other. Conversely, positive and desirable outcomes are obtained when press and competence are equivalent.
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A reasonable place to start exploring a theoretical account of invasiveness is by identifying that to which invasiveness refers. A reasonable first candidate might be the way in which devices get into the body in the first place. Devices might be said to be introduced to the body in an invasive way. Surgery – cutting through the skin, scalp, bone o...
An alternative worth considering is whether what makes a device invasive is where a device is located – an invasive device might be said to do its work from the inside. Since how a device gets in and where it ends up often travel together, a simple thought experiment might be helpful to draw the contrast. Imagine that someone awoke to discover a ca...
A third feature of medical devices that invasiveness might refer to is the way in which medical devices are foreign. A device might be considered invasive because it is not naturally part of the system into which it is introduced. This way of understanding invasiveness is in a way consonant with the etymology of the term ‘invasive’ (the medieval La...
A final candidate worth considering is the permanent effect that an invasive device has on the body. A device put into the body by cutting, burning, or penetrating human tissue leaves a mark. Davis and van Koningsbruggen (2013) and Glannon (2015) characterize invasive devices as those that cause tissue damage. Damage can result from how a device is...
- kleine@ohsu.edu
Jul 7, 2021 · Only in the nineteenth-century did the medical profession establish a monopoly in health care and have the official power to determine what was ‘health’ and ‘sickness’.
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Medical devices are often referred to as being invasive or non-invasive. Though invasiveness is relevant, and central, to how devices are understood and regarded in medicine and bioethics, a consensus concept or definition of invasiveness is lacking.
