“Profit by safety” or quackery in biomedical information technology?

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 1516, Issue , 1998, Pages 159-166

  de Mol, Bas A ^a   Koornneef, Floor ^b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISKS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

BIOMEDICAL INFORMATION; DEPENDABLE SYSTEMS; DEVICE FAILURES; GOVERNMENT ACTIONS; HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; MEDICAL SYSTEMS; USER PERSPECTIVES;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

EID: 84949009107     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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