General practitioners' reasoning about using mobile distance-spanning technology in home care and in nursing home care

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 117-125

  Wälivaara, Britt Marie ^a   Andersson, Staffan ^a   Axelsson, Karin ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Content analysis; General practitioner; Group interviews; Health care; Home care; Mobile distance spanning technology; Nursing care; Qualitative research; Reasoning about technology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOME CARE; HUMAN; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SWEDEN;

GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; NURSING HOMES; SWEDEN;

EID: 79951529874     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2010.00800.x     Document Type: Article

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