Do community alarm users want telecare?

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 199-204

  Brownsell, S J ^a   Bradley, D A ^a   Bragg, R ^b   Catlin, P ^c   Carlier, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b Pentyre plc   (United Kingdom)

^c HET Software   (United Kingdom)

^d TeleLarm Care Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; ENGLAND; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TELEMEDICINE; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0033641573     PISSN: 1357633X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/1357633001935356     Document Type: Article

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