Response to a relational agent by hospital patients with depressive symptoms

Interacting with Computers

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 289-298

  Bickmore, Timothy W ^a   Mitchell, Suzanne E ^b   Jack, Brian W ^b   Paasche Orlow, Michael K ^b   Pfeifer, Laura M ^a   O'Donnell, Julie ^b  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Embodied conversational agent; Hospital discharge; Relational agent; Therapeutic alliance

Indexed keywords

HOSPITALS;

DEPRESSION; EMBODIED CONVERSATIONAL AGENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; RELATIONAL AGENTS; THERAPEUTIC ALLIANCE;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

EID: 77955230036     PISSN: 09535438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intcom.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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