Technological and medical advances: implications for health psychology.
Behavioral telehealth, health informatics, organ and tissue transplantation, and genetics are among the areas that have been affected by advances in technology and medicine. These areas illustrate the opportunities and the challenges that new developments can pose to health psychologists. Each area is discussed with respect to implications for practice, research, public policy, and education and training: recommendations are provided.
Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33124, USA. psaab@miami.edu
Patrice G
PG
Saab
Judith R
JR
McCalla
Helen L
HL
Coons
Alan J
AJ
Christensen
Robert
R
Kaplan
Suzanne Bennett
SB
Johnson
Mark D
MD
Ackerman
Edward
E
Stepanski
David S
DS
Krantz
Barbara
B
Melamed
D001524:Behavioral Medicine / Q000639:trends*; D020811:Biomedical Technology / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000639:trends*; D008967:Molecular Biology / Q000639:trends; D016378:Tissue Transplantation / Q000639:trends