Telemedicine and telecare: What can it offer mental health services?

Advances in Psychiatric Treatment

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 54-61

  McLaren, Paul ^a  

^a SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMICS; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POPULATION DENSITY; PSYCHIATRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SOCIAL WELFARE; TECHNOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0037236992     PISSN: 13555146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/apt.9.1.54     Document Type: Review

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