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Worldwide there is a generalized trend toward aged societies. Between 2015 and 2050, the proportion of the world's population over 60 years will nearly double from 12% to 22%. As life expectancy continues to increase and natality rates lower, not only the composition of countries will change, but also its health landscape. However, an increased life expectancy does not necessarily mean a healthy life. In most high-income countries more than 20% of those years are lived in ill health due to chronic conditions caused by non-communicable diseases, which compromises functional ability and well-being - key components of healthy aging. In this way, not only people's lives but also societal structu...
Artificial intelligence (AI) is once again in the news, with many major figures urging caution as developments in the technology accelerate. AI impacts all aspects of our lives, but perhaps the discipline of Biomedical Informatics is more affected than most, and is an area where the possible pitfalls of the technology might have particularly serious consequences. This book presents the papers delivered at ICIMTH 2023, the 21st International Conference on Informatics, Management, and Technology in Healthcare, held in Athens, Greece, from 1-3 July 2023. The ICIMTH conferences form a series of scientific events which offers a platform for scientists working in the field of biomedical and health...
With increasing urgency, decisions about the digitalized future of healthcare and implementations of new assistive technologies are becoming focal points of societal and scientific debates and addresses large audiences. Decisions require a careful weighing of risks and benefits and contextualizing in-depth ethical analysis with robust empirical data. However, up to now, research on social assistive technologies is mostly dispersed over different academic fields and disciplines. A comprehensive overview on discussions regarding values at stake and ethical assessment of recent developments especially in healthcare is largely missing. This publication initiates an interdisciplinary discourse on...
For several years now, both eHealth applications and digitalization have been seen as fundamental to the new era of health informatics and public health. The current pandemic situation has also highlighted the importance of medical informatics for the scientific process of evidence-based reasoning and decision making at all levels of healthcare. This book presents the accepted full papers, short papers, and poster papers delivered as part of the 31st Medical Informatics in Europe Conference (MIE 2021), held virtually from 29-31 May 2021. MIE 2021 was originally due to be held in Athens, Greece, but due to the continuing pandemic situation, the conference was held as a virtual event. The 261 papers included here are grouped into 7 chapters: biomedical data, tools and methods; supporting care delivery; health and prevention; precision medicine and public health; human factors and citizen centered digital health; ethics, legal and societal aspects; and posters. Providing a state-of-the-art overview of medical informatics from around the world, the book will be of interest to all those working with eHealth applications and digitalization to improve the delivery of healthcare today.
In der Gerontologie wird die Notwendigkeit hochwertiger Interventionen samt Prävention mit dem Erreichen des Renteneintritts der Babyboomer-Generation, dem stetigen Anstieg der Lebenserwartung und dem künftigen Fachkräftemangel drängender denn je. Vor diesem Hintergrund zeigt die neue "Interventionsgerontologie" wie ihre Vorgänger in den Jahren 2000 und 2012 prägnant das breite Spektrum an verhaltensbezogenen Interventionen in 100 Beiträgen. Neu an der "Interventionsgerontologie" ist eine nochmals deutlich verstärkte Bestandsaufnahme der jeweils verfügbaren Forschungsevidenz. In Kapitel 100 wird dazu im Sinne einer Metasynthese eine Gesamtbewertung der im Buch berücksichtigten Interventionsformen präsentiert. Damit stellt das Buch einen verlässlichen und kritischen Kompass durch die Vielfalt an heute verfügbaren Gerontologie-Interventionen dar.
Bei der Entwicklung dieses Lehrbuchs haben alle Beteiligten gemeinsam das Ziel verfolgt, das neue Standardwerk der deutschsprachigen Geriatrie zu präsentieren. Es beleuchtet die ganze Palette der Erkrankungen im höheren Lebensalter und der geriatrischen Syndrome, darunter Ernährungs- und Stoffwechselstörungen, Mobilitätsstörungen, Infektionskrankheiten, Tumorerkrankungen, Herz-Kreislauf- und Gefäßerkrankungen, neurologische Erkrankungen, die verschiedenen Formen des kognitiven Abbaus sowie Sarkopenie und Frailty. Zu weiteren wesentlichen Themen gehören das funktionelle Assessment, die Polypharmazie sowie die Palliativmedizin des älteren Patienten. Das Buch vermittelt ein Verständn...
Current understandings of ageing and diversity are impoverished in three main ways. Firstly, with regards to thinking about what inequalities operate in later life there has been an excessive preoccupation with economic resources. On the other hand, less attention has been paid to cultural norms and values, other resources, wider social processes, political participation and community engagement. Secondly, in terms of thinking about the ‘who’ of inequality, this has so far been limited to a very narrow range of minority populations. Finally, when considering the ‘how’ of inequality, social gerontology’s theoretical analyses remain under-developed. The overall effect of these issues...
Übersichtlich und kompakt bietet Ihnen dieses Lehrbuch einen vollständigen Überblick über alle prüfungsrelevanten Inhalte der Palliativmedizin. Es leitet Sie leicht verständlich und GK-orientiert durch das gesamte Basiswissen und beinhaltet die Therapie, Versorgung und Begleitung Sterbender, sowie besondere Situation wie z.B. Notfallsituationen, der Umgang mit Kindern und LSBTI. Profitieren Sie von der langjährigen Erfahrung der Dozenten, die sorgfältig das Wesentliche für Sie ausgewählt und aufbereitet haben. Der Inhalt Das bewährte didaktische Konzept ermöglicht ein effizientes Lernen: · Prüfungsteil – Für eine optimale Vorbereitung auf MC-Fragen und Fallstudien · Kernaussagen – Bringen das Wichtigste auf den Punkt · Fallbeispiele – Stellen einen anschaulichen Bezug zur Praxis her · 29 Videos über die kostenlose MoreMediaApp – Geben einen Einblick in die Arzt- und Patientensituation