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Computers and Control in Clinical Medicine by E. R. Carson, D. G. Cramp, L. Finkelstein (auth.), Ewart R. Carson, Derek G. Cramp (eds.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Computers and Control in Clinical Medicine about?

This book is a collection of invited contributions, each reflec ting an area of medicine in which computing techniques have been successfully applied; but why the title? From a control system point of view the aim of clinical medicine is to recognise the deviation of a patient from the space of normality, and to propel and steer the patient along a trajectory back to that space. Acquiring and main taining the knowledge and skills of this process is the function of medicine. The first chapter expands on this view. Subsequent chapters written by experts in their respective areas cover a fair range of application. All give considerable insight as to the ways in which the control system approach, facilitated by computational tools, can be of value when applied to clinical problems. The idea for this book arose naturally out of a symposium held at the University of Sussex, Brighton, England, on "Control System Concepts and Approaches in Clinical Medicine" in April, 1982, spon sored by the Institute of Measurement and Control and co-sponsored by the Institution of Electrical Engineers and the Royal Society of Medicine. It is not, however, a "proceedings" of this meeting but rather a coll

Who reads Computers and Control in Clinical Medicine?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
E. R. Carson, D. G. Cramp, L. Finkelstein (auth.), Ewart R. Carson, Derek G. Cramp (eds.)
Publisher
Springer Science & Business Media
Published
1985
Language
EN
ISBN
9781461324379
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Medical, Psychology, Medicine

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