Clinical Engineering: Part I - Origins (1942 - 1996).

Clinical Engineering: Part I - Origins (1942 - 1996).

Authors

  • Ernesto Fernando Ferreyra Ramírez Universidade Estadual de Londrina
  • Saide Jorge Calil Universidade Estadual de Campinas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0375.2000v21n4p27

Keywords:

Clinical Engineering, History, Medical equipment management.

Abstract

In this paper, a brief description of the Clinical Engineering is presented, since its origins in the early forties until the mid nineties in Brazil and in the United States of America. A comparison of the situation of the Clinical Engineering in these countries is also carried out. The evolution, the current situation and the new perspectives of the   Clinical   Engineering for this millennium will  be discussed in another paper.

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Author Biographies

Ernesto Fernando Ferreyra Ramírez, Universidade Estadual de Londrina

Prof. M.Sc. do Curso de Engenharia Elétrica / Centro de Tecnologia e Urbanismo / UEL.

Saide Jorge Calil, Universidade Estadual de Campinas

Prof. Dr. do Depto. de Engenharia Biomédica / Faculdade de Eng. Elétrica e Computação/ UNICAMP.

Published

2004-12-15

How to Cite

Ramírez, E. F. . F., & Calil, S. J. (2004). Clinical Engineering: Part I - Origins (1942 - 1996). Semina: Ciências Exatas E Tecnológicas, 21(4), 27–33. https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0375.2000v21n4p27

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