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Thwarted by her mother?
- Authors:
- LAMPERT James, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 1.11.01, 2001, pp.42-43.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
A multidisciplinary panel consider the case of a women with cerebal palsy, whose mother does not want her to move out and live independently.
Frankenstein homes: would you want to live in one?
- Author:
- TAYLOR Bruce J.
- Journal article citation:
- New Technology in the Human Services, 14(1/2), 2001, pp.28-38.
- Publisher:
- Centre for Human Service Technology
The media have, in some instances, portrayed smart houses as Frankenstein homes that could potentially run amok with ruinous if not necessarily fatal consequences. Smart homes turn a simple robust system, a house, into a complex tightly coupled system, which means that the potential for failure is increased beyond that predicted by conventional risk analysis. There is some justification in these sensational media stories about smart homes. Furthermore, the lay persons perception of risk is based, not on the absolute risk assessments of experts, but on three more or less independent factors: dread risk, unknown risk, societal and personal exposure.
Moving and handling in the community
- Author:
- COHEN Phil
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 4.2.98, 1998, p.64,66.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Employers now routinely ensure that appropriate equipment for moving people is available in hospitals. Investigates the situation for nurses in the community.