How places matter: Telecare technologies and the changing spatial dimensions of healthcare

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 121-142

  Oudshoorn, Nelly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

spatial dimensions of healthcare; telecare technologies; user technology relations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GERMANY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; NETHERLANDS; TELEMEDICINE;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; GERMANY; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NETHERLANDS; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84855973307     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312711431817     Document Type: Article

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