Telehealth in context: Socio-technical barriers to telehealth use in Labrador, Canada

Computer Supported Cooperative Work

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 595-614

  Peddle, Katrina ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health services; Policy; Political economy; Rural communications; Smart Community; Telehealth; Work practice

Indexed keywords

PROBLEM SOLVING; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

FEDERAL POLICY DOCUMENTS; HEALTH SERVICES; POLITICAL ECONOMY; QUALITATIVE FIELD RESEARCH; RURAL COMMUNICATIONS; SMART COMMUNITY; WORK PRACTICE;

HEALTH CARE;

EID: 35648943801     PISSN: 09259724     EISSN: 15737551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10606-006-9030-3     Document Type: Article

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