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The Style Evolution of Glasses: Acknowledging Well-being for Wearable Medical Device
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Description
The focus of Peta Bush’s work is to create wearable medical devices that address all qualities of the individual, including physical, mental, emotional, and psychosocial aspects. Peta is completing a practice-based research PhD titled “Therapeutic jewelry: The craft of people-centric devices for wellbeing.” Her passion for creating wearable medical devices that are multi-dimensional stems from her personal experiences, as she has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. In addition, she uses her knowledge of well-being and the biopsychosocial model when creating her wearable medical devices. Peta currently uses technology, such as 3D printing, as one method to fabricate her collection. Her aspirations are for this concept of wearable medical devices to become mainstream, similar to glasses, and to remove the stigma associated with wearable medical devices.
Keywords
well-being, wearablel medical devices, splint, biopsychosocial model, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, 3D printing
Disciplines
Occupational Therapy
Recommended Citation
Royeen, Lydia (2015). "The Style Evolution of Glasses: Acknowledging Well-being for Wearable Medical Device. The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy: Vol. 3: Iss. 4, Article 12. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.15453/2168-6408.1224
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