Who cares? Moral obligations in formal and informal care provision in the light of ICT-based home care

Health Care Analysis

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 171-188

  Palm, Elin ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Care provision; Caring kin person; Filial responsibility; Formal care; Health monitoring; Informal care; Informal caregivers; Obligation to care; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; EQUIPMENT; ETHICS; FAMILY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MORALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TECHNOLOGY; DEVICES; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

CAREGIVERS; FAMILY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84879068917     PISSN: 10653058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10728-011-0199-3     Document Type: Article

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