Hope to die before you get old?: Techno centric versus user-centred approaches in developing virtual services for older people

Public Management Review

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 857-880

  McLoughlin, Ian ^a   Maniatopoulos, Gregory ^b   Wilson, Rob ^c   Martin, Mike ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action research; Co production; Older people; Users; Virtual services

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949521814     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14719030903319002     Document Type: Article

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