Attitudes Toward Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Residential Aged Care in Western Australia

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 408-413

  Loh, Poh Kooi ^a   Flicker, Leon ^a   Horner, Barbara ^b  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Information and communication technology; qualitative study; residential aged care facility; survey; technology acceptance

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICATION SOFTWARE; COST CONTROL; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; TELECOMMUNICATION; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

EID: 67649094098     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.02.012     Document Type: Article

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