People's perceptions and expectations of assistive health-enabling technologies: An empirical study in Germany

Assistive Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 86-93

  Marschollek, Michael ^a   Wolf, Klaus Hendrik ^a   Plischke, Maik ^a   Ludwig, Wolfram ^a   Haux, Reinhold ^a   Mihailidis, Alex ^b   Howe, Juergen ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assistive technology; Medical informatics; Monitoring; Sensors; Telecare

Indexed keywords

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS; EMERGENCY CALL SYSTEMS; FACE-TO-FACE INTERVIEW; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PERCEIVED USEFULNESS; SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS; TELECARE;

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISKS; MOBILE PHONES; MONITORING; SENSORS; VIDEO TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT;

TECHNOLOGY;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF HELP;

AGED; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-HELP DEVICES;

EID: 70349307186     PISSN: 10400435     EISSN: 19493614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10400430903050460     Document Type: Article

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