An overview of telemedicine: The virtual gaze of health care in the next century

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 291-309

  Sinha, Arushi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foucault; Political economy; Telehealth; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MILITARY MEDICINE; PRISON; REVIEW; SOCIOLOGY; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HUMANS; MILITARY MEDICINE; PRISONS; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034263627     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/maq.2000.14.3.291     Document Type: Article

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