Telehospice: Using telecommunication technology for terminally Ill patients

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2001, Pages

  Whitten, Pamela ^a   Doolittle, Gary ^b   Hellmich, Seth ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; PATIENT TREATMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

END-OF-LIFE CARE; HOSPICE PATIENTS; TELEHOSPICE;

PEDIATRICS;

EID: 2642548463     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2001.tb00128.x     Document Type: Review

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