Telehealth acquires meanings: Information and communication technologies within health policy

Information Systems Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 41-63

  Klecun Dabrowska, Ela ^b   Cornford, Tony ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health policy; Hermeneutics; Information society; Telehealth

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

ELECTRONIC FORMS; HEALTH POLICY; HERMENEUTICS; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; INFORMATION SOCIETY; POLICY PROCESS; TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS; TELEHEALTH;

EHEALTH;

EID: 0034385994     PISSN: 13501917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2575.2000.00074.x     Document Type: Article

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