Home telemedicine for paediatric palliative care

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 161, Issue , 2010, Pages 10-19

  Bradford, Natalie ^a,b   Herbert, Anthony ^c   Walker, Rick ^c   Pedersen, Lee Anne ^c   Hallahan, Andrew ^b,c   Irving, Helen ^c   Bensink, Mark E ^a   Armfield, Nigel R ^a,b   Smith, Anthony C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Queensland Children's Medical Research Institute   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

home care; Paediatric; palliative care; telemedicine; telepaediatrics

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL COMPUTING; PEDIATRICS; TELEMEDICINE;

BRISBANE , AUSTRALIA; HEALTH PROFESSIONALS; HOME CARE; LIMITING CONDITION; PALLIATIVE CARE; TELEMEDICINE APPLICATION; TELEPAEDIATRICS; UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND;

HOME HEALTH CARE;

EID: 78649510334     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-659-1-10     Document Type: Conference Paper

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