Automated weight monitoring in chronic heart failure: The excluded majority

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 190-192

  Johnston, Glenis ^a   Weatherburn, Gwyn ^a  

^a BUCKINGHAMSHIRE NEW UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; METHODOLOGY; NURSE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TELEMEDICINE; TELEMETRY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUTOMATION; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICAL INFORMATICS APPLICATIONS; NURSES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TELEMEDICINE; TELEMETRY;

EID: 77953320321     PISSN: 1357633X     EISSN: 17581109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jtt.2010.004007     Document Type: Article

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