Telehomecare Communication and Self-Care in Chronic Conditions: Moving Toward a Shared Understanding

Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 109-116

  Shea, Kimberly ^a   Chamoff, Breanna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Communication; Home health nursing; Information; Self care; Telehealth; Telehomecare; Telemonitoring

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PILOT STUDY; SELF CARE; TELEMETRY; TELENURSING; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICATION; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PILOT PROJECTS; SELF CARE; TELEMETRY; TELENURSING; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84860231463     PISSN: 1545102X     EISSN: 17416787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6787.2012.00242.x     Document Type: Article

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