The Clinician and the Computer-Affair, Marriage, or Divorce?

MERVIN ROSENBERG and R. PETER ERICSONAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 125, Number 7S

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.7S.28

Get Access

Abstract

Comparing their experience in helping design and develop computer techniques in a psychiatric hospital to interpersonal relationships, the authors describe some of the potential difficulties encountered by persons inundated by the promises of the computer era. They feel that there is still much to be learned regarding the usefulness of computers in medicine. While a certain tolerance for unexpected and undesirable results is currently justified, they feel that this tolerance should not be a defense against proper planning.

Get full access to this article

View all available purchase options and get full access to this article.

Get Access

Information & Authors

Information

Published In

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 125 • Number 7S • January 1969

Pages: 28 - 32

PubMed: 5766232

History

Published in print: January 1969

Published online: 1 April 2006

Authors

Affiliations

MERVIN ROSENBERG

View all articles by this author

R. PETER ERICSON

View all articles by this author

Medical coordinator, Constitution Plaza, Inc., an affiliate of Travelers Corporation, Hartford, Conn.

Director of hospital automation, Institute of Living, Hartford, Conn.

Metrics & Citations

Metrics

Citations

Export Citations

If you have the appropriate software installed, you can download article citation data to the citation manager of your choice. Simply select your manager software from the list below and click Download.

For more information or tips please see 'Downloading to a citation manager' in the Help menu.

Format	RIS (ProCite, Reference Manager) EndNote BibTex Medlars RefWorks
Direct importt
Citation style
Style

Copy to clipboard
Tips for downloading citations

There are no citations for this item

View Options

Get Access

Login options

Already a subscriber? Access your subscription through your login credentials or your institution for full access to this article.

Personal login Institutional Login Open Athens login

Purchase Options

Purchase this article to access the full text.

PPV Articles - American Journal of Psychiatry

Not a subscriber?

Subscribe Now / Learn More

PsychiatryOnline subscription options offer access to the DSM-5-TR^® library, books, journals, CME, and patient resources. This all-in-one virtual library provides psychiatrists and mental health professionals with key resources for diagnosis, treatment, research, and professional development.

Need more help? PsychiatryOnline Customer Service may be reached by emailing [email protected] or by calling 800-368-5777 (in the U.S.) or 703-907-7322 (outside the U.S.).

The Clinician and the Computer-Affair, Marriage, or Divorce?

Abstract

Get full access to this article