Getting the whole picture?: New information and communication technologies in healthcare work and organization

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 442-465

  Halford, Susan ^a   Lotherington, Ann Therese ^b   Obstfelder, Aud ^c   Dyb, Kari ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Norut Northern Research Institute   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d Norwegian Centre for Telemedicine   (Norway)

Author keywords

E health; Employment; Identity; Organizational studies; Social policy; Sociology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951741296     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691180903095856     Document Type: Article

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