title: Technology and disability. Assessment needs and potential.
abstract: In assessing technologies for disabled people, the aims of habilitative or rehabilitative interventions, the concepts of disability and handicap, and the potential of existing and emerging technologies in various social arenas, as well as the structure of service delivery systems, are of importance. A discussion of these issues in the light of previous work on cost and effectiveness in the field is given.
authors.affiliation: Battelle MEDTAP, London.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hutton
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Persson
mesh_terms: D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D012917:Social Adjustment; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical / Q000379:methods; D018581:Technology Transfer