Technology as a bridge between health care systems and older adults

Engaging Older Adults with Modern Technology: Internet Use and Information Access Needs

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 59-79

  Morrow, Daniel ^a   Chin, Jessie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-1966-1.ch004     Document Type: Chapter

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