Rehabilitation ideology and respiratory support technology

Joseph M. Kaufert and David Locker

Social Science & Medicine, 1990, vol. 30, issue 8, 867-877

Abstract: This paper examines the impact changing ventilation technology and the ideologies of rehabilitation medicine on the long term adaptations of people with post-polio respiratory disability. Multiple in-depth interviews with 10 respirator-dependent people indicates that cultural ideologies learned during rehabilitation continue to effect the adoption of technology and daily management of respiratory insufficiency. Adaptive strategies through which benefits of technology are maximized and the social costs minimized, have transformed rehabilitation ideologies and moderated the late, aging-related effects of poliomyelitis.

Keywords: rehabilitation; ideology; late; effects; of; poliomyelitis; technology; mechanical; ventilation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1990
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