Future of Healthcare Technology. Renata G. Bushko, ed. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: OM Press, 298 pp., $80.00, hardcover. ISBN 1-58603-091-4. [From Studies in Healthcare Technology and Informatics, J.P. Christensen et al., eds. Vol. 80. Vol. 1 in the subseries.]

摘要

In the foreword to this book, the reader is introduced to a virtual, or imaginary, physician in the year 2057. This physician, Dr. Zuzu, has almost unlimited clinical expertise and the ability to interact and communicate with sources of information on a world-wide basis. Dr. Zuzu has multiple personalities, sex, age, and cognitive styles adaptable to all situations and has the ability to initiate self-treatment if ever he/she (it) gets sick.This somewhat provocative introduction to the book sets the scene for a highly “futuristic” voyage into healthcare technology. The book has 22 chapters presented by the editor and …