Medical technology, defined broadly to include drugs, procedures and equipment used singly or in combination, has been of enormous benefit in improving the quality of health care. It has, however, raised many issues about how society can afford to pay for these often expensive developments and about associated ethical problems ...
This report describes aspects of the work of the Crossroads Care Attendant Schemes and looks particularly at the roles of the European Economic Community, the Department of the Environment and the Crossroads Housing and Supporting Care Project. The D.O.E. assisted in the development of guidelines for local authority architects on ...