In eight pages this paper examines the trade issues involved in the global sale of multimedia medical products. Seven sources are listed in the bibliography.
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impact internationally. The social and political impacts may be wide ranging. There may be string positive applications, areas where there is knowledge lacking due to few specialists may benefit
from access to immediate information. In many cases health is compromised by actions taken with lack of access to specialist knowledge. This will not only help spread up to date
medical information to areas that had lacked it, but will encourge learning with the use of multimedia tool. The social benefits here, in the short term may be high, as
long as the community authorities can afford the product. However, there are also risks. A product such as this cannot replace human medical skills, noticing the small, but relevant changes,
picking up clues from the patient, and may also produce a different effect, with too much reliance placed on the machine, and the human factor lost to the detriment of
the patients. Where the product is in place it may be seen as a way of resolving financial issues, such as the hiring of specialist, and used to save money,
reducing the total knowledge and skills base of the hospital. Used as a support this could have positive benefits, but used as a replacement this would be a negative impact.
The product is used as a guiding tool as well as diagnosis. Here there may be recommendations made which cannot be followed due to cultural practices, local facilities or the
refusal of government to fund treatments or provide the required facilities. In this case, the product may create internal tensions between hospital, doctors and health departments. The sale of
this product may also become a political issue where the sale takes place to a country that has limited funds. Developing countries may benefit from this product, but the cost