[Does technology always benefit the patient?].
In the context of chronic diseases, what contribution is made by technological advances which are supposed to benefit the patient? It is important not to get bogged down in technicism and to keep the patient as the ultimate purpose. Do the patients themselves necessarily see technological advances as being beneficial to them? The specific case of a diabetic patient is used as a basis for the discussion of this question.
Académie de médecine, Paris. famille-barrier@wanadoo.fr
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D020811:Biomedical Technology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus; D006801:Humans