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Telecare technologies and the transformation of healthcare / Nelly Oudshoorn.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Health, technology, and societyPublication details: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.Description: x, 241 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780230300200 (hardback)
  • 0230300200 (hardback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.140285 23
LOC classification:
  • RA645.3.O93 2011
Other classification:
  • SOC015000 | SOC057000 | SOC026000 | MED003040
Contents:
Introduction -- Who cares? -- Theorizing technology and the transformation of healthcare -- Promises, scenarios and silences -- Resistances and boundary work -- Telecare workers : the invisible profession -- How places matter in healthcare : physical and digital proximity -- Patients as diagnostic agents : invisible work and selective use -- Inspecting bodies and coping with disease at home -- Conclusions : the importance of place, proximity and diversity.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Who cares? -- Theorizing technology and the transformation of healthcare -- Promises, scenarios and silences -- Resistances and boundary work -- Telecare workers : the invisible profession -- How places matter in healthcare : physical and digital proximity -- Patients as diagnostic agents : invisible work and selective use -- Inspecting bodies and coping with disease at home -- Conclusions : the importance of place, proximity and diversity.

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